Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2026-04-16
============================================================

Nessa Cosgrove (LAB), Labour Panel

I move amendment No. 38:
In page 26, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:
“Review of independent advocacy services
11. (1) The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, conduct a review of the provision of independent advocacy services to persons in receipt of mental health services, and shall cause a report on the review to be published and laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas.
(2) The review conducted under subsection (1) shall examine—
(a) the merits of providing for a statutory right for every person receiving mental health services to obtain independent advocacy services in order to support the person in understanding and exercising his or her rights,
(b) the effectiveness of the current arrangements by which a person receiving mental health services can obtain independent advocacy services, and any improvements to the timeliness and accessibility of those arrangements, and
(c) whether an appropriate operational, structural and financial independence in relation to the provision of such advocacy services is achieved under the current arrangements.”.

---

Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted.

Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/seanad/2026-04-16/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:54:49+00:00
Sitting date: 2026-04-16