Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-09
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Victor Boyhan (IND), Agricultural Panel

I mentioned two things to the Minister of State. She said we are talking about children but we are talking about adults as well. I mentioned the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I also mentioned the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This series of amendments, the fifth group, are mostly in the Minister of State's name. They are her amendments. She brought them to the House for our approval after consideration and debate. I asked the Minister of State to clarify and to give us absolute assurance because the key plank for a lot of people here is their concern that people's human rights are protected. These rights are enshrined in these UN conventions. They are important. Will the Minister of State be absolutely clear that she is confident and has been advised and assured that the amendments put to us here today are fully compliant with those two important UN conventions? Will she give us that categorical assurance on the record of the House?

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Sitting date: 2025-12-09