I move amendment No. 263: In page 148, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(5) A member of a child’s multidisciplinary team shall consult with other members of that multidisciplinary team when preparing or revising a care plan.”.

I move amendment No. 265: In page 149, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following: “(a) the form of a care plan;”.

I move amendment No. 266: In page 150, line 32, to delete “a person” and substitute “an adult”. Amendments Nos. 266 to 269, inclusive, have been grouped. These amendments relate to the section providing for nominated persons. When a person is in a registered acute mental health centre, they may nominate a person of their choosing to act as their nominated person. This is new and is something that we have been looking at for a long time. This person may be a family member, a friend, a representative of an advocacy s…

I move amendment No. 267: In page 151, to delete lines 12 to 17 and substitute the following: “(6) The responsible consultant psychiatrist or the relevant health professional who orders, initiates or applies a restrictive practice shall have due regard to— (a) the will and preferences of the person regarding the application of a restrictive practice, and (b) the view of any nominee in relation to such will and preferences, and those views shall be recorded in writing in the person’s medical record and care plan.”.

I move amendment No. 268: In page 151, line 26, to delete “any other person” and substitute “another adult”.

I move amendment No. 269: In page 151, line 28, to delete “ sections 60 , 73 , 83 , 90 and 91 ” and substitute “ sections 60 , 69,73 , 74 , 75 , 90 and 91 ”.

I move amendment No. 270: In page 152, line 23, to delete “Chief Inspector” and substitute “Chief Executive Officer”. Amendments Nos. 270 and 271 have been grouped. These amendments were prepared following consultation with the Mental Health Commission. Further to my previous comments in relation to the grouping on the role of the chief inspector, these amendments provide for the authorisation to inspect records held by a service to be given by the chief executive officer rather than the chief inspector. Furthermor…

I move amendment No. 271: In page 152, lines 24 and 25, to delete “Chief Inspector or the Assistant Inspectors of his or her duties” and substitute “Commission of its duties”.

I move amendment No. 272: In page 154, line 10, to delete “that section” and substitute “any of those sections”.

I move amendment No. 273: In page 157, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(4) Where the Commission assigns a legal representative from a panel to an affected person under subsection (3) , the Commission shall assign the legal representative who was previously assigned by the Commission on behalf of the person in respect of a relevant matter specified in paragraph (a) of section 195 unless— (a) the legal representative previously assigned is unavailable, or (b) the person wishes to be provided with t…

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I move: Tuesday's business shall be:- - Motion re Presentation and Circulation of Revised and Second Further Revised Estimates [Votes 11 to 19, 23, 24, 26 to 30, 32 to 34, 39, 42 and 43] (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately) - Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension) Bill 2025 - Financial Resolution (without debate) - Motion re Third Report of the Standing Committee of Selection (without debate) - Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025 (Second Stage) (…

I have heard what the Whips said. Regarding what Deputy Mac Lochlainn said, an additional 60 minutes will be provided for Committee and Remaining Stages of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025. Second Stage of the Bill will be 214 minutes, or 3 hours and 34 minutes, and a further two hours will be provided for the Committee and Remaining Stages, which is a total of 5 hours and 34 minutes tomorrow afternoon. I am hearing what all the Deputies are saying about additional statements. We might have to look a…

I am already very much minded to have legislation Fridays in the next few weeks. We can discuss it at the meeting of the Business Committee on Thursday. I will not be accepting the proposed amendments.

Some 24 million hours have been delivered this year.

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I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to Standing Order 33, and with effect from 18th June, 2025, approves the Third Report of the Standing Committee of Selection, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 12th June, 2025, and discharges a member from a Committee and appoints a member to a Committee accordingly.

In relation to Thursday's business, it is proposed that: 1. notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of yesterday, the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the extent that topical issues shall be taken on the conclusion of the Statements on Nursing Homes and the Care of Older Persons, with consequential effect on the commencement time for Second Stage of the Criminal Law (Prohibition of the Disclosure of Counselling Records) Bill 2025 and on the ti…

I am delighted to be here to discuss the Mental Health Bill 2024 on Committee Stage. The Bill was published in July of last year and I brought it to Second Stage in September. Since that time, officials in my Department have been working on amendments to improve the Bill based on further readings and consultation with stakeholders and other Government Departments and agencies. The review of the Mental Health Act and the development of a new Mental Health Bill have been a long-standing priority of the Department of …

Section 1 of the Bill provides for the Short Title of the Bill, which shall be known as the Mental Health Act 2025, and provides for the commencement of the enactment either as a whole or in part.