No.

No, it is not opposed.

I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to Standing Order 33, and with effect from 2nd July, 2025, approves the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 27th June, 2025, and discharges members from Committees and appoints members to Committees accordingly.

On 1 March 2022, the Government formally decided to conduct a census of population in 2027 to be carried out by the Central Statistics Office, CSO. The exact census date has not yet been decided. It is expected, however, that census data collection will run in April and May of 2027. Census 2027 will be a major undertaking for the CSO as for the first time in Irish history, the public will have the option of completing the census form online. This is a complex digital transformation programme that involves a fundame…

The question asked the date for the next planned census. All three Deputies have raised issues relating to health and I am not in a position to answer them. What I will take on board is the importance of the CSO and the data it provides. It is very useful to plan for services. Deputy Tóibín said we do not have enough nursing home beds. I am very proud to stand here, as the former Minister of State with responsibility for older people over the past five years, and say that we have the same number of people in nursin…

I thank Deputy Kenny for raising this serious with dermatology and other services in Sligo University Hospital. I will speak with the Minister for Health later this afternoon and get a written response to him. I am not over the detail of that. We will get him a response later today or early tomorrow morning.

I thank the Deputy for raising this really important issue of cancer care. While still too high, cancer mortality rates in Ireland are falling faster than the EU average, having fallen by 17% between 2011 and 2021 compared with the EU average of 12%. Five-year survival rates for patients have greatly improved since the first national cancer strategy. They are 65% for patients who received a cancer diagnosis in the period 2014 to 2018 compared with 44% in 1994 to 1998. The Deputy raised specific issues with cancer s…

Section 201 of the Bill, as initiated, provides for an amendment to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. This is now covered in section 212.

I move amendment No. 278: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “PART 8 AMENDMENT OF ACT OF 2015 Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2015 203. Section 2 of the Act of 2015 is amended, in subsection (1)— (a) by the deletion of the definition of “Act of 2001”, and (b) by the insertion of the following definition: “ ‘Act of 2025’ means the Mental Health Act 2025 ;”.”. These amendments are placed in new Parts 8 and 9 of the Bill and relate exclusively to references to the Mental Health Act in other enactmen…

I move amendment No. 279: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “ Amendment of section 85 of Act of 2015 204. Section 85 of the Act of 2015 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (7): “(7) (a) Subject to subsections (1) to (5) and paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection, an advance healthcare directive shall, insofar as it is provided for by this Part, be complied with. (b) Where, in relation to an advance healthcare directive, at the time when it is proposed to t…

I move amendment No. 280: “ Amendment of section 98 of Act of 2015 205. Section 98 of the Act of 2015 is amended, in subsection (1), by the substitution of “ Part 5 of the Act of 2025” for “Part 3 of the Act of 2001”.”.

I move amendment No. 281: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “ Amendment of section 104 of Act of 2015 206. Section 104 of the Act of 2015 is amended— (a) by the deletion of the definition of “approved centre”, (b) in the definition of “clinical director”, by the substitution of “Act of 2025” for “Act of 2001”, (c) in the definition of “consultant psychiatrist”, by the substitution of “Act of 2025” for “Act of 2001”, (d) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “mental…

I move amendment No. 282: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “ Amendment of section 106 of Act of 2015 207. Section 106 of the Act of 2015 is amended by the substitution of “a person who lacks capacity has a mental disorder that fulfils the criteria for involuntary admission, the procedures provided for under the Act of 2025 shall be followed as respects any recommendation for involuntary admission of that person (within the meaning of section 16 of the Act of 2025).” for “a person who lacks capac…

I move amendment No. 282a: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “ Amendment of section 136 of Act of 2015 208. The Act of 2015 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 136: “ Involuntarily admitted persons whose treatment is regulated by Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Act of 2025 136. (1) Nothing in this Act authorises a person— (a) to give an involuntarily admitted person treatment for a mental disorder, or (b) to consent to an involuntarily admitted person being given treatment …

I move amendment No. 283: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “PART 9 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS Amendment of Defence Act 1954 208. The Defence Act 1954 is amended— (a) in section 202— (i) in subsection (1)(b), by the substitution of “such person has a mental disorder (within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2025 ) that fulfils the criteria for involuntary admission (within the meaning of that Act)” for “such person is suffering from a mental disorder (within the meaning of the Ment…

I move amendment No. 284: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Coroners Act 1962 209. (1) The Coroners Act 1962 is amended— (a) in section 2, in the definition of “State custody or detention”— (i) by the deletion of paragraph (d), and (ii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (d): “(da) involuntarily admitted under Part 3 or 4 of the Mental Health Act 2025 to a registered acute mental health centre (within the meaning of that Act);”, and (b) in section 60(5), by …

I move amendment No. 285: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Act of 1991 210. The Act of 1991 is amended— (a) in section 23F(2)(b)(ii), by the substitution of “Mental Health Act 2025” for “Mental Health Act 2001”, (b) in section 23H(1)(c)(ii), by the substitution of “Mental Health Act 2025” for “Mental Health Act 2001”, (c) in section 23J(1)(d)(ii), by the substitution of “Mental Health Act 2025” for “Mental Health Act 2001”, (d) in section 23K(d)(ii), by the substitution of “Mental …

I move amendment No. 286: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Bail Act 1997 211. Section 9A of the Bail Act 1997 is amended, in subsection (7), by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “mental disorder”: “ ‘mental disorder’ means a mental disorder (within the meaning of section 2 of the Mental Health Act 2025 ) that— (a) in relation to an adult, fulfils the criteria for involuntary admission (within the meaning of that Act), or (b) in relation to a child, …

I move amendment No. 287: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 212. Section 23 of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 is amended— (a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “surgical, medical, dental or mental health treatment” for “surgical, medical or dental treatment”, and (b) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “surgical, medical, dental or mental health treatment” for “surgical, medical or dental treatment”.”.

I move amendment No. 288: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 213. The Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 is amended— (a) in section 268— (i) in subsection (1C)— (I) by the substitution of “a registered acute mental health centre (within the meaning of section 2 of the Mental Health Act 2025 )” for “a centre (within the meaning of section 62 of the Mental Health Act 2001)”, and (II) by the deletion of paragraph (a), and (ii) in subsection (2A), in paragraph (f)(…