Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2026-01-22
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Mary Butler (FF), Waterford

This is short. Regardless of what type of a care order a child is under, if a child requires mental health care, either as an inpatient or an outpatient, the clinicians treating the child do not care what kind of an order the child is in or under. All they want to do is treat the child and look after the child. There will not be a differential in the type of treatment they get. The question the Senator is actually raising is in relation to who do they report back to and whether it is Tusla or the parents.

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Sitting date: 2026-01-22