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

I thank the Minister of State. It gave a little bit of clarity, but in terms of the other place, there is an unintended consequence of it at the moment because it leaves it too open to ambiguity. Who is to say that another place is not just some other place down the road? Essentially, the other place can be interpreted as anything you want. As for the service providers, the Minister of State mentioned Nua Healthcare and Barróg Healthcare. Loads of them provide services but who has the clinical oversight of those services if they are private? We have seen this in a case. As the Minister of State has responsibility for older people, she will know about the privatisation of nursing homes and all the scandals we have seen through that. Who has the oversight of these private providers and service providers that potentially could be Nua Healthcare or the likes? I worry about the ambiguity of the other place. That could be interpreted as any place.

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Sitting date: 2026-01-28