Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage
Dail Éireann — 2025-06-11
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Mary Butler (FF), Waterford

I move amendment No. 53:
In page 26, to delete lines 39 and 40 and substitute the following:
“(5) A direct application for a recommendation for involuntary admission shall be made in the form and manner specified by the Commission.”.
This amendment provides for a new subsection (5) to ensure that direct applications are made in a form specified by the Mental Health Commission.

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