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Mary Butler

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Waterford · active 2020-02-20 to 2026-09-30
2,799Contributions
1,101Votes cast
99.0%On prevailing side
720Tá
378Níl
3Staon

On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 1,087 of 1,098 decisive votes (3 abstentions excluded). Read it as a government-or-opposition indicator rather than a measure of influence — the figure is near 100% for members supporting the government of the day and near 0% for those opposing it.

Party over time

This is the point of the site: contributions keep the party held on the day, not the one held now.

PartyRecorded asContributionsPeriod
FF Fianna Fáil 2,782 2020-02-20 – 2026-09-30
CC Ceann Comhairle / Chair 17 2020-06-04 – 2020-06-27

Membership spells on record: FF 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · FF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · FF 2024-11-29–present

Record

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 221: In page 116, line 29, to delete “registered mental health service under section 128 ,” and substitute the following: “registered acute mental health centre under section 128(1 ),”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 222: In page 116, line 34, to delete “ sections 25 and 73” and substitute “ section 25 , 73 or 74 ”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 223: In page 116, line 35, to delete “registered mental health service” and substitute “registered acute mental health centre”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 224. In page 116, lines 37 and 38, to delete “ section 128 ” and substitute “ section 128(1) ”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 225: In page 116, lines 39 and 40, to delete “he or she” and substitute “the inspector”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 226: In page 116, after line 40, to insert the following: “(3) When making an inspection of any registered community mental health centre under section 128(1) or any registered community mental health service under section 128(2) , the inspector shall inspect the service or centre, as the case may be, for compliance with the provisions of this Act or any regulations or codes of practice made thereunder.”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 227: In page 117, line 4, to delete “ section 128(a) ” and substitute “ subsection (1)(a) or (2) of section 128 ”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 229: In page 120, lines 26 and 27, to delete all words from and including “by” in line 26, down to and including line 27 and substitute “in section 163 .”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 230: In page 121, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(f) the duration for which the registration of the centre has effect,”. I spoke at some length on the previous grouping in relation to the chief inspector and set out some of the background to the existing regulatory regime under the Mental Health Act 2001, the development of the Bill, and the planned inspection of all community mental health services. This group of amendments complements those amendments to the role of the chie…

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I do not disagree with the Deputy. We have 67 approved centres within the HSE. The Deputy is right. The private providers are already regulated by the Mental Health Commission. They would not get their registration otherwise. I do agree with the Deputy on safeguarding, that there has to be that particular crossover. For example, Waterford Residential Care Centre in the city is a fantastic building with 100 rooms en suite. We have 20 beds in there which are psychiatry of later life. The Mental Health Commission regu…

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 231: In page 121, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(f) the duration for which the registration of the centre has effect,”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 232: In page 122, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: “(e) the duration for which the registration of the service has effect,”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 233: In page 122, line 16, to delete “community” and substitute “acute”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 234: In page 123, between lines 11 and 12 to insert the following: “145. (1) A person who proposes to operate more than one registered acute mental health centre or registered community mental health centre shall make a separate application to be registered for each of those centres. (2) A person who proposes to operate more than one registered community mental health service shall make a separate application to be registered for each of those services, but may, with the agreement of the Commis…

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 235: In page 123, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(2) The Commission shall visit a mental health service in respect of which a person has applied for registration as a registered acute mental health centre within a prescribed period and take any findings into consideration when assessing the application for registration.”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 236: In page 124, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(2) The Commission shall visit a mental health service in respect of which a person has applied for registration as a registered community mental health centre within a prescribed period and take any findings into consideration when assessing the application for registration.”

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 237: In page 125, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(2) The Commission may visit a mental health service in respect of which a person has applied for registration as a registered community mental health service within a prescribed period and take any findings into consideration when assessing the application for registration.”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 238: In page 126, to delete lines 29 to 32 and substitute the following: “(5) The Commission may visit a registered mental health service in respect of which a person has applied to renew its registration under this section and take any findings into consideration when assessing the application for renewal.”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 239: In page 128, line 21, to delete “period of 3” and substitute “period of no more than 3”.

FF 2025-06-18 · Dail
Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

I move amendment No. 240: In page 128, lines 23 and 24, to delete “period of 5” and substitute “period of no more than 5”.

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