Seanad debates
Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage
2:00 am
Nicole Ryan (Sinn Fein)
Nobody is discrediting the work the Minister of State has done and all of that kind of stuff she has been talking about, but the reality on the ground is not what she is saying. It is not. People are dying every single day. I will go back to that dual diagnosis point. I gave the Minister of State three definitions of dual diagnosis and what exactly I mean. The World Health Organization defines dual diagnosis as "the co-occurrence in the same individual of a psychoactive substance use disorder and another psychiatric disorder". Are we going to dispute the World Health Organization right now and say that is not dual diagnosis? The Minister of State knows exactly what I am talking about. I very rarely, if ever, heard anybody use the term "dual diagnosis" to define somebody with two mental health issues.
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