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- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 45: In page 64, line 7, to delete “or 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)
Mary Butler: I move amendment No: 46: In page 64, line 18, after “proposed,” to insert “or”.
- 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)
Sorca Clarke: I move amendment No. 47: In page 64, line 21, after “made” to insert “within 5 days” This amendment relates to a potentially prolonged involuntary treatment period without timely access to decision-making supports. This amendment seeks to put in a definitive timeframe for when an application to the Circuit Court to put decision-making supports in place for...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Mary Butler: Again, this amendment relates to people who are involuntarily detained who do not have capacity. In many cases a person can regain some level of decision-making capacity within two to three weeks of admission. If an application is made on behalf of all these people, the vast majority of the applications will not be required as they will have regained capacity a short number of days after...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Sorca Clarke: I fundamentally disagree with the last part where the Minister of State said it should be left to secondary legislation. This House has seen no secondary legislation. I agree that regulations have a place, but it is not here. It would not give the confidence or reassurance to a patient who is being involuntarily detained, their loved ones or their advocates that at some point a regulation...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Liam Quaide: Along with my colleagues, I express my concern here about the late-stage doubling of the timeframe for involuntary treatment from 21 to 42 days in a Government amendment submitted on the deadline for Committee Stage amendments. At the moment we are discussing the necessity of a capacity assessment after 21 days. However, the 21 days itself is fundamentally problematic. The whole point of...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Mary Butler: This is not a late-stage amendment. It was discussed on the very first day; I do not think Deputy Quaide was here. We had a discussion for four hours. That was part of an amendment that was taken I think about a month ago; it is not new today. That was discussed at that time. This is another amendment that has been brought forward in relation to the 42 days. We cannot provide...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister of State.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Liam Quaide: I clarify my remarks about the late-stage amendments. What I was referring to was over the time span of this Bill, which is a number of years, it was a late-stage amendment that was very dramatically impactful. It really altered much of this Bill. It took people by surprise and did not give sufficient time for consultation with interest groups outside of psychiatry. It is obvious that...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Mary Butler: I-----
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am sorry. The Minister of State has spoken twice.
- 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)
Sorca Clarke: I move amendment No 30: In page 37, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following: “(c) where a person is subject to involuntary treatment for a period exceeding 21 days, shall carry out a formal capacity assessment at regular intervals to determine whether the criteria for continued involuntary treatment still apply.”.
- 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)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá leasuithe Uimh. 31 agus 32 as ord.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Amendments Nos. 31 and 32 not moved.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá leasuithe Uimh. 10 go 24, go huile, as ord.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2025)
Amendments Nos. 10 to 24, inclusive, not moved.