Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2026-01-20
============================================================

Mary Butler (FF), Waterford

I thank Senator Black for proposing these amendments and for her positive contribution to this process. Amendment No. 73a provides for the notice given to an involuntary admitted person to be given in writing and in a form and language that may reasonably be understood by the person. While I do believe it is similar to the existing section 25(5) I can support this amendment. Is the Senator surprised that I support this amendment?

---

Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted.

Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/seanad/2026-01-20/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:54:31+00:00
Sitting date: 2026-01-20