Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-10
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Mary Butler (FF), Waterford

Amendments Nos. 23, 354 to 359, inclusive, and 361 to 366, inclusive, have been grouped together. Amendment No. 23 updates the definition of nominated person to clarify that a nominated person must be an adult, which is a person 18 years or older. The rest of the amendments in this grouping change the word "nominee" to "nominated person". This has been done to ensure consistency in language across the Bill. The role of a nominated person is to support the person throughout the admission and to be someone whom the admitted person can consult at the points where he or she is making a decision regarding, for example, treatment options and discharge. The nominated person may also attend review board hearings with the admitted person as well as any other meeting the person requests their attendance at. The nominated person is also entitled to receive information of a general nature on behalf of the admitted person. It is important to note that this role and the entitlement to attend meetings or receive information may only ever be done with the consent of the admitted person. It is his or her decision what information is shared and with whom.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-10