Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2026-04-16
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Mary Butler (FF), Waterford

I thank Senator Boyhan. As I have said, it is really important when we have a lot of amendments that this is the business end of the Bill. What we are seeing now is quite different to what the Bill was when it started out. Many changes have been made. We went into extensive detail on the interaction between the Mental Health Bill and the Child Care Act on Committee Stage. I thank the Attorney General, the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, the Department of Health, the Department of children and the Bills Office. This is where very important work is done to align the Bill, to make sure it is readable, and to make sure there are no unintended consequences. I reiterate again there is no change to policy here, and I know this was in the briefing that Senators received. I thank Senator Boyhan.

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