Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We reserve the right to introduce an amendment on Report Stage to this section of the Bill that would retain subsection 4(2) of the 2001 Act. The Bill currently proposes its deletion. This provides some degree of additional and more specific protection.

The Department of Health raised concerns over the relevance of subsections 4(3) to 4(6) of section 3 of the Bill, given that they are already stated in the 2015 Act. In response to its concerns, I wish to clarify that we strongly recommend retaining these subsections to reinforce the applicability of the 2015 Act in the mental health area.