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

I move amendment No. 54:
In page 26, to delete line 41, and in page 27, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following:
“(6) In this section and section 18 , “relevant person” means a person who—
(a) is a spouse of the person, the subject of the application, but does not include a spouse who is living separately and apart from the person or in respect of whom—
(i) an application for an order has been made but not yet determined under the Act of 2018, or
(ii) an order has been made under the Act of 2018,
(b) is a relative of the person, the subject of the application,
(c) has a bona fide interest in the mental health, safety and welfare of the person concerned, or
(d) is a mental healthcare professional (other than a consultant psychiatrist).”.

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