Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2026-01-29
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Nicole Ryan (SF), Administrative Panel

I move amendment No. 348:
In page 153, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:
“ 181. (1) The Executive shall keep and maintain records for the purposes of—
(a) identifying persons to whom mental health services are being provided,
(b) identifying those services and the persons providing the services pursuant to this Part,
(c) specifying the aggregate needs identified by the services,
(d) specifying the number of persons to whom services are not being provided or to whom they are not being provided in full, and
(e) planning the provision of such services to persons.
(2) The Executive shall, within 6 months after the end of each year, submit a report in writing to the Minister in relation to the aggregate needs identified by services on the basis of information collected in accordance with subsection (1) including an indication of the periods of time ideally required for the provision of the services, the sequence of such provision and an estimate of the cost of such provision.
(3) A report under this section shall include such other information in such form and regarding such matters as the Minister may direct and shall be published by the Executive within one month of the date of its submission to the Minister.”.

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