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

That is the piece I set out. We will circulate the particular answer that I have just given for everyone because it was quite complicated and I was trying to take it all in myself. All I can say is, that for any clinician treating any person, whether it is a child, a young person or an adolescent the same applies. The treatment will be the same. They will treat the child, they will treat the symptoms and they will look after the young person. They do not care where the child came from, whether they are with their parents or with a guardian, or whether they are in the care of Tusla. All we want to do is make sure that children get the mental health support they require.

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Sitting date: 2026-01-22