Mental Health Bill 2024: From the Seanad
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-29
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Mary Butler (FF), Waterford

I reassure the Deputy this is the first time that pharmacological restraint will be regulated. It was not regulated in the 2001 Act. The regulation will be drafted by the Mental Health Commission, who are the right people to do this. I understand the concerns Mental Health Reform might have raised but at the same time we have to have a workable Bill. We have to have a situation where it is led by the Mental Health Commission and all those working in healthcare will be subject to regulation by that commission.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-29