Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Dail Éireann — 2025-06-18
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Mary Butler (FF), Waterford

I move amendment No. 273:
In page 157, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:
“(4) Where the Commission assigns a legal representative from a panel to an affected person under subsection (3) , the Commission shall assign the legal representative who was previously assigned by the Commission on behalf of the person in respect of a relevant matter specified in paragraph (a) of section 195 unless—
(a) the legal representative previously assigned is unavailable, or
(b) the person wishes to be provided with the services of a legal representative on the panel other than the legal representative previously assigned.”.

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