Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-02
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Nicole Ryan (SF), Administrative Panel

That is not what they ever are talking about. They are always talking about substance misuse. I have three different definitions from three different sources, including the HSE itself. We cannot sit here and ask what dual diagnosis means. Everybody knows exactly what it means in this context. If there is a dual diagnosis strategy in all the services the Minister of State is putting in place, why is it so hard to put it into this? I do not understand why it is so hard to name it because if we do not name it in the Mental Health Bill, it will keep being siloed. People will still go to mental health services and be told to go away and have their addiction treated.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-02