Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will propose an amendment on Report Stage to this section of the Bill to include a separate stand-alone section setting out guiding principles to apply to children who are voluntarily admitted. The proposal in the Bill to include child-friendly guiding principles in section 25 of the 2001 Act currently only applies to involuntarily detained children. It is important that guiding principles apply to both involuntarily and voluntarily admitted children.