Seanad debates
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages
12:00 pm
Dan Boyle (Green Party)
I wish to finish my brief comments before we make decisions on the amendments being discussed. The effect of the Bill is not to change the use of electroconvulsive therapy or even the law as it results in involuntary treatment but to pass a Bill in this House that needs further consideration in the other House. Reconsideration will also give the Minister of State time to come up with adequate legislative measures either by following this Bill through should the House approve it or by introducing a new mental health Bill. I hope the decisions today, with the debates that have preceded it, will help to inform the Minister of State in that process.
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