Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-02
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Mary Butler (FF), Waterford

The term is also frequently used to describe a person with a mental health difficulty and an intellectual disability. Defining dual diagnosis as a term that relates only to substance use problems and mental health difficulties would exclude other forms of dual diagnosis, creating unintentional confusion and service complications.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-02