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Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: We are to resume next Wednesday. I will be back.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: Four hours is enough. We will be back next week. I thank all the Members for the positive engagement so far. We have covered a huge amount of ground. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for being here for most of the debate.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: Deputy Rice's amendment relating to ECT and children will be discussed at a later date. I take on board what he said . I thank those opposite for their support. No legislation is perfect when it is first drafted. There is always going to be unintended consequences. We have to listen to the sector. It is important that the Bill will be operational. It will be no good otherwise. I...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 124: In page 53, to delete lines 32 to 34 and substitute the following: “(c) fails, in the opinion of the responsible consultant psychiatrist, to comply with any condition specified in the permitted absence,”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 125: In page 53, to delete line 36 and substitute “arrange for a member or members of the staff of the centre or other person or persons,”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 126: In page 54, line 5, after “request” to insert “as soon as practicable”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 127: In page 54, line 23, to delete “her consultant” and substitute “her responsible consultant”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 128: In page 54, lines 26 and 27, to delete “the consultant psychiatrist responsible for the person’s care and treatment shall immediately” and substitute “the responsible consultant psychiatrist shall immediately”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 129: In page 54, line 30, to delete “her consultant” and substitute “her responsible consultant”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 130: In page 56, line 12, to delete “consultant psychiatrist responsible for the care and treatment” and substitute “responsible consultant psychiatrist”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 131: In page 57, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “Definitions (consent to treatment) 42. In this Chapter— “initial treatment period” means the period specified in section 47(1); “further treatment period” means the period specified in section 47(3).”. Amendments Nos. 131 to 134,...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 90: In page 35, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(6) A renewal order shall be made in the form and manner specified by the Commission.”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 91: In page 36, to delete lines 14 and 15 and substitute the following: “(b) receive any information subsequently provided under paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of subsection (3), and”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 92: In page 36, line 20, to delete “paragraphs” and substitute “paragraph”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 93: In page 36, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “Psychosocial assessment of involuntarily admitted person 26. (1) Where an involuntary admission order has been made in relation to an involuntarily admitted person, a mental healthcare professional (other than a consultant psychiatrist) on the staff of the registered acute mental health centre...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 94: In page 37, lines 1 and 2, to delete “(both within the meaning of section 2 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015)”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 95: In page 37, line 10, to delete “a registered nurse” and substitute the following: “a person who was previously a practising solicitor or a practising barrister but is not currently practising (whether in the State or otherwise)”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 96: In page 40, line 20, to delete “the person, the subject” and substitute “the person the subject”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 97: In page 40, to delete lines 27 to 29 and substitute the following: “(b) the attendance of the responsible consultant psychiatrist at the hearing of the review board,”. These are textual amendments to a number of subsections so that they read “responsible consultant psychiatrist”, make the provisions clearer and provide...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 98: In page 42, lines 27 and 28, to delete “consultant psychiatrist responsible for the care and treatment of the person concerned” and substitute “responsible consultant psychiatrist”.