Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On Report Stage, we will submit an amendment to remove reference to "voluntary patient". We will also submit an amendment to include a separate stand-alone section to address consent provisions for people who are voluntarily admitted. Legally, consent provisions for people who are voluntarily admitted should be addressed in a separate section of the Act.

Regarding the definition of "the highest attainable standard of mental health", we strongly recommend that the Department of Health refer to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, CESCR, General Comment No. 14: The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (Article 12) in regard to this definition. Those comments refer to sections 5 and 6.