I move amendment No. 297:
In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following:
“Amendment of Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023
222. Section 2(1) of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 is amended, in the definition of “clinical director”, by the substitution of “Mental Health Act 2025” for “Mental Health Act 2001”.”.
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Mary Butler
Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip; and the Department of Health with responsibility for Mental Health
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I move amendment No. 298:
In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following:
“Amendment of Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023
223.The Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 is amended—
(a) in section 2(1), by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “Commission”:
“ ‘Commission’ has the meaning assigned to it by the Mental Hea…
In two weeks' time.
I move:
Tuesday's business shall be:
- Motion to Instruct the Committee on the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension) Bill 2025 (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately)
- Statements on Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons (resumed) (not to exceed 1 hour and 32 minutes)
Tuesday's private members' business shall be Motion re Presidential Voting Rights, selected by Sinn Féin.
Wedne…
As the Ceann Comhairle will be aware, since she was at the meeting last Thursday, the majority of issues on the Order of Business for this week were agreed. There was rolling dissent, which rolls over every week, but the majority were agreed. On the defective blocks, as Deputy Mac Lochlainn knows, legislation was agreed at Cabinet only two weeks ago. I have explained that to the Deputy. That is moving forward.
In re…
We will certainly look at that.
No.
Trumpian.
I move amendment No. 132:
In page 57, lines 17 and 18, to delete “ (in this Chapter referred to as “information relevant to the decision”)”.
I move amendment No. 133:
In page 57, to delete line 21 and substitute the following:
“(2) Subject to Sections 47, 49 and 50, a person may, at any time do either or both of the following:
(a) refuse any treatment proposed to him or her;
(b) withdraw his or her consent to any treatment.”.
I move amendment No. 134:
In page 57, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:
“(5) Each consent to or refusal of treatment under this Chapter shall be made in relation to the specific treatment proposed a person shall not make a decision that has the effect (whether intentional or otherwise) of providing general consent to or, as the case may be, general refusal to consent to all forms of treatment withou…
I move amendment No. 135:
In page 58, line 18, to delete “consent to, or to refuse, treatment, the consultant psychiatrist” and substitute “consent to or refuse treatment, the responsible consultant psychiatrist”.
I move amendment No. 136:
In page 58, line 19, to delete “a second” and substitute “another”.
I move amendment No. 137:
In page 58, line 29, after “of” to insert “a capacity assessment under subsection (1), or”.
I move amendment No. 138:
In page 58, line 32, after “to” to insert “or refuse”.
I move amendment No. 139:
In page 58, after line 40, to insert the following:
“Treatment of persons lacking capacity to consent, or otherwise, under Chapter 3
46. (1) Where, prior to his or her involuntary admission or following an application under Section 48, an involuntarily admitted person is declared under Part 5 of the Act of 2015 to lack capacity to consent to or refuse a proposed treatment, the treatment m…
This section has been deleted by way of Committee Stage amendment and instead has been placed into the new section 48.
I am sorry, but which section did the Deputy mention? We are on-----
We are only on section 46 now.
I move amendment No. 140:
In page 58, after line 40, to insert the following:
“Administration of treatment following admission
47. (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (8), where, following the making of an involuntary admission order—
(a) a person is assessed under Section 45 as lacking capacity to consent to or refuse treatment, or
(b) a capacity assessment or a second capacity assessment is being…
I am a little thrown. I believe we have already discussed amendment No. 140 under amendments Nos. 136 to 146. I stand open to correction. Perhaps we have not.
We have already discussed amendment No. 140. We discussed amendments Nos. 131 to 134 and Nos. 136 to 146.
I will try to respond to the Deputy then. I am somewhat trí na chéile trying to find the right section.
I move amendment No. 141:
In page 58, after line 40, to insert the following:
“Application to Circuit Court in certain circumstances
48.Where an involuntarily admitted person has been assessed as lacking capacity to consent to or refuse a proposed treatment under Section 45 and there is not—
(a) a decision-making representative appointed under the Act of 2015 duly authorised to make decisions relevant to the pers…
I move amendment No. 142:
In page 58, after line 40, to insert the following:
“Treatment without consent pending Circuit Court determination
49.(1) Without prejudice to the generality of Section 43, treatment specified in subsection (2), may be given to the involuntarily admitted person concerned where—
(a) an application has been made to the Circuit Court in relation to an involuntarily admitted person under Sec…