Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Dail Éireann — 2025-06-25
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Mary Butler (FF), Waterford

I move amendment No. 281:
In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following:
“ Amendment of section 104 of Act of 2015
206. Section 104 of the Act of 2015 is amended—
(a) by the deletion of the definition of “approved centre”,
(b) in the definition of “clinical director”, by the substitution of “Act of 2025” for “Act of 2001”,
(c) in the definition of “consultant psychiatrist”, by the substitution of “Act of 2025” for “Act of 2001”,
(d) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “mental disorder”:
“ ‘mental disorder’, in relation to a person, means a mental disorder (within the meaning of the Act of 2025) that fulfils the criteria for the involuntary admission of that person in accordance with that Act;”, and
(e) by the insertion of the following definition:
“ ‘criteria for involuntary admission’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Act of 2025.”.”.

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