Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage
Dail Éireann — 2025-06-11
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Sorca Clarke (SF), Longford-Westmeath

The Minister of State spoke of authorised officers per county. There has to be a better model than that. In my constituency, an authorised officer may be needed in Coole. Granard is ten minutes up the road but Athlone is an hour's drive in the opposite direction. A more open approach, as opposed to one based on restrictive county boundaries, could work much better, particularly in rural areas.

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Sitting date: 2025-06-11