Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2026-01-28
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Nicole Ryan (SF), Administrative Panel

I seek clarity on the new sections 77 and 78. We are talking about members of staff of a registered acute mental health centre or a service provider. I ask the Minister of State to clarify what a service provider is. Section 78 deals with the detention of a child in a hospital or other place. I need clarity on this other place. In terms of access, is there a distance from where the family or caregiver is living to this other place? Regarding consent, who gives consent for the child to be in this other place? How is the supported decision-making done in this other place?
Who is notified if something happens in this other place? Could this other place be abroad? Could the Minister of State give us some clarity on this other place and what a service provider is? If it is not the centre, where is the service provider?

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Sitting date: 2026-01-28