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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: The Deputy was not speaking to the amendment. May I conclude?

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 53: In page 70, line 11, after “Justice” to insert “, Home Affairs and Migration”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: I spoke at some length on Committee Stage about child admissions to adult units and do not propose to speak about the matter in great detail again but I would like to speak to the amendment. We do not need to put a time limit in primary legislation on how long a child can be admitted to an adult unit. The small number of child admissions that currently take place are done on an emergency...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 50: In page 67, line 7, after “Justice” to insert “, Home Affairs and Migration”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Clarke. Amendment No. 51 does not provide for a definition of "chemical restraint" or "advocate", two terms which have not been used elsewhere in the Bill. Amendment No. 52, proposed by Deputy Quaide, exactly matches the text of the published general scheme and includes terms that have not been used in the Bill itself. The Department has not included provisions on the use of...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: I will be brief. As I have said, chemical restraint is a complicated matter. I do not believe the amendments proposed here today adequately address the complexities of the issue. The Mental Health Commission can determine a code of practice in respect of any restrictive practice. It is positive that the Mental Health Commission noted in its latest publication that there has been an...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 33: In page 41, lines 14 and 15, to delete “Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform” and substitute “Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: I will speak to amendments Nos. 36, 40 to 45, inclusive, and amendment No. 48. The safeguards contained in the amended Bill in relation to consent to treatment are appropriate and balanced. I would like to reiterate that consent to treatment provisions in the Bill, in line with the Mental Health Act 2001, only apply where a person has been assessed as lacking capacity. Outside of very...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No: 46: In page 64, line 18, after “proposed,” to insert “or”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: Again, this amendment relates to people who are involuntarily detained who do not have capacity. In many cases a person can regain some level of decision-making capacity within two to three weeks of admission. If an application is made on behalf of all these people, the vast majority of the applications will not be required as they will have regained capacity a short number of days after...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: This is not a late-stage amendment. It was discussed on the very first day; I do not think Deputy Quaide was here. We had a discussion for four hours. That was part of an amendment that was taken I think about a month ago; it is not new today. That was discussed at that time. This is another amendment that has been brought forward in relation to the 42 days. We cannot provide...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

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Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 25: In page 32, line 39, to delete “for recommendation” and substitute “for a recommendation”. I will move amendments Nos. 25, 46, 62, 65, 97 to 101, inclusive, and 112, which have been grouped. These are all technical amendments required to correct various typographical errors in the Bill as amended.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 26: In page 33, line 36, after “Justice” to insert “, Home Affairs and Migration”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: I do not believe amendment No. 29 is necessary as, under the Bill, a person may only be involuntarily admitted when the consultant psychiatrist believes that person has a mental disorder that meets the criteria for involuntary admission. If at any point during the person's admission the responsible consultant psychiatrist no longer believes the person meets the criteria for involuntary...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Clarke for the amendment. Section 8 of the Bill provides for a review of the operation of this enactment five years after its commencement. If it is necessary for a review to be carried out sooner than five years after the commencement of this enactment, that option will be available to the Government of the day. Section 8 of the Bill provides for a review to take place not...