I move amendment No. 289: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Education Act 1998 214. The Education Act 1998 is amended, in section 60, by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “school”: “ ‘school’ means a recognised school other than a recognised school that is situated in a hospital or registered acute mental health centre (within the meaning of section 2 of the Mental Health Act 2025) which is specified in a list of such schools published by the Ministe…

I move amendment No. 290: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 215. Section 47 of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 is amended— (a) in subsection (7), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (j): “(j) a registered acute mental health centre (within the meaning of section 2 of the Mental Health Act 2025 ), or”, and (b) in subsection (8), by the deletion of the definition of “psychiatric hospital”.”.

I move amendment No. 291: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Health Act 2004 216. The Health Act 2004 is amended— (a) in section 2(1), in the definition of “specialist community-based disability services”, by the substitution of “Mental Health Act 2025” for “Mental Health Acts 1945 to 2001”, (b) in section 55A, by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “mental health services”: “ ‘mental health services’ means mental health services within the meaning of t…

I move amendment No. 292: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 217. The Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 is amended— (a) in section 86— (i) in subsection (1), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b): “(ba) the Mental Health Act 2025 , or”, and (ii) in subsection (2), by the insertion of “or the Mental Health Act 2025” after “the Mental Health Acts 1945 to 2001”, and (b) in section 249(1A), by the substitution of the fol…

I move amendment No. 293: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Health Act 2007 218. The Health Act 2007 is amended— (a) in section 2(1), by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “Mental Health Commission”: “ ‘Mental Health Commission’ means the Mental Health Commission established by the Mental Health Act 2001 and continued in being under section 92 of the Mental Health Act 2025 ;”, and (b) in section 8(1)(b)(i)(I), by the substitution of “Mental Health Act…

I move amendment No. 294: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 219. The Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 is amended— (a) in section 29(4)(a), by the substitution of “Mental Health Act 2025” for “Mental Health Act 2001”, and (b) in section 107(c)(iv), by the substitution of “the Mental Health Act 2025” for “section 2(1) of the Mental Health Act 2001”.”.

I move amendment No. 295: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 220. The National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 is amended, in Schedule 1, Part 2, paragraph 1, by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (d): “(d) a registered acute mental health centre within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2025 .”.”.

I move amendment No. 296: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 221. The Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 is amended, in section 61(1)(e), by the substitution of “Mental Health Act 2025” for “Mental Health Act 2001”.”.

I move amendment No. 297: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 222. Section 2(1) of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 is amended, in the definition of “clinical director”, by the substitution of “Mental Health Act 2025” for “Mental Health Act 2001”.”.

I move amendment No. 298: In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 223. The Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 is amended— (a) in section 2(1), by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “Commission”: “ ‘Commission’ has the meaning assigned to it by the Mental Health Act 2025 ;”, and (b) in section 29— (i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “a registered ment…

In two weeks' time.

I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion to Instruct the Committee on the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension) Bill 2025 (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately) - Statements on Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons (resumed) (not to exceed 1 hour and 32 minutes) Tuesday's private members' business shall be Motion re Presidential Voting Rights, selected by Sinn Féin. Wednesday's business shall be: - Motion re Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998* - Motion re Crimin…

As the Ceann Comhairle will be aware, since she was at the meeting last Thursday, the majority of issues on the Order of Business for this week were agreed. There was rolling dissent, which rolls over every week, but the majority were agreed. On the defective blocks, as Deputy Mac Lochlainn knows, legislation was agreed at Cabinet only two weeks ago. I have explained that to the Deputy. That is moving forward. In response to Deputy Murphy, as indicated at the Business Committee last week, statements on the situatio…

We will certainly look at that.

No.

Trumpian.

I move amendment No. 132: In page 57, lines 17 and 18, to delete “ (in this Chapter referred to as “information relevant to the decision”)”.

I move amendment No. 133: In page 57, to delete line 21 and substitute the following: “(2) Subject to Sections 47 , 49 and 50 , a person may, at any time do either or both of the following: (a) refuse any treatment proposed to him or her; (b) withdraw his or her consent to any treatment.”.

I move amendment No. 134: In page 57, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(5) Each consent to or refusal of treatment under this Chapter shall be made in relation to the specific treatment proposed a person shall not make a decision that has the effect (whether intentional or otherwise) of providing general consent to or, as the case may be, general refusal to consent to all forms of treatment without considering each specific treatment proposed.”.

I move amendment No. 135: In page 58, line 18, to delete “consent to, or to refuse, treatment, the consultant psychiatrist” and substitute “consent to or refuse treatment, the responsible consultant psychiatrist”.