Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-17
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Frances Black (IND), Industrial and Commercial Panel

I move amendment No. 42:
In page 23, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:
“(2) No child shall be precluded from accessing mental health care or treatment by virtue of the fact that they are acutely drug or intoxicant affected, or are addicted to drugs or intoxicants.”

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Sitting date: 2025-12-17