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- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Marie Sherlock: The fundamental reality is there is a misalignment regarding the ages at which children age out of paediatric mental health services and physical health services. It is 16 for mental health services and 18 for physical health accommodation. We need to put in place safeguards for children who are admitted to an adult psychiatric facility. That is why we propose in amendment No. 63 that the...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Amendment put and declared lost.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 52: In page 69, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “Chemical restraint 57. (1) In this section, “chemical restraint” means the use of medication to control or modify a person’s behaviour when no medically identified condition is being treated, or where the treatment is not necessary for the condition or the intended effect...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Amendment put: The Dáil divided: Tá, 67; Níl, 86; Staon, 0. Tellers: Tá, Deputies Liam Quaide and Sorca Clarke; Níl, Deputies Mary Butler and Emer Currie.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Tá Ciarán Ahern, Ivana Bacik, Cathy Bennett, John Brady, Pat Buckley, Joanna Byrne, Matt Carthy, Sorca Clarke, Michael Collins, Rose Conway-Walsh, Réada Cronin, Seán Crowe, David Cullinane, Jen Cummins, Pa Daly, Máire Devine, Pearse Doherty, Paul Donnelly, Aidan Farrelly, Mairéad Farrell, Michael Fitzmaurice, Gary Gannon, Sinéad Gibney, Thomas Gould, Ann...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Amendment declared lost.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Sorca Clarke: With the greatest respect to all those health professionals and to the Minister of State, nobody knows what is going to happen in the future. There may be a presumption of two or three weeks but that presumption may turn out to be false. There may be a presumption of a week that turns out to be false. None of us has the ability to see into the future. I agree with what the Minister of...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Amendment put and declared lost.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 48: In page 64, line 31, to delete “and any further treatment period”.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Amendment put and declared lost.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 49: In page 64, line 39, to delete “a mental disorder” and substitute “mental health difficulties”.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Amendment put and declared lost.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 50: In page 67, line 7, after “Justice” to insert “, Home Affairs and Migration”.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Amendment agreed to.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá baint ag leasuithe Uimh. 51 agus 52 le chéile agus pléifear le chéile iad.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Sorca Clarke: I move amendment No. 51: In page 68, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(4) The use of chemical restraint shall be notified to the Mental Health Commission within 24 hours and made available for review upon request by the individual or their advocate.”. This amendment relates directly to the use of chemical restraint on those subject to involuntary...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Clarke. Amendment No. 51 does not provide for a definition of "chemical restraint" or "advocate", two terms which have not been used elsewhere in the Bill. Amendment No. 52, proposed by Deputy Quaide, exactly matches the text of the published general scheme and includes terms that have not been used in the Bill itself. The Department has not included provisions on the use of...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Liam Quaide: I echo Deputy Clarke's concerns about this. The Bill provides no specific safeguards or statutory provisions governing the use of chemical restraint on persons who are subject to involuntary detention and treatment. It does not even really acknowledge the reality of chemical restraint. Chemical restraint happens quite often. It involves administering powerful sedatives to people who are...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Mary Butler: I will be brief. As I have said, chemical restraint is a complicated matter. I do not believe the amendments proposed here today adequately address the complexities of the issue. The Mental Health Commission can determine a code of practice in respect of any restrictive practice. It is positive that the Mental Health Commission noted in its latest publication that there has been an...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Sorca Clarke: After such a length of time since the Bill was introduced, that is simply not good enough. Chemical restraint must be governed with the same clear rules and subject to the same level of oversight as any other restrictive practice outlined in this Bill. I do not know why the decision was made to take out the reference to chemical restraint but that was the Minister of State's decision and...