I move amendment No. 63: In page 29, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: "(4) Where an authorised officer or the Executive, as the case may be, receives a Garda request for an application for a recommendation for involuntary admission, the authorised officer or the Executive, as the case may be, shall comply with that request as soon as practicable.".

I move amendment No. 64: In page 30, line 26, to delete "the" and substitute "An".

I move amendment No. 65: In page 30, line 28, to delete "the" where it firstly occurs and substitute "An".

I move amendment No. 66: In page 30, line 29, after "centre" to insert "or a consultant psychiatrist acting on that clinical director’s behalf".

I move amendment No. 67: In page 30, lines 34 and 35, to delete "when a person is taken into custody under this section" and substitute the following: "when a member or members of An Garda Síochána perform functions under this section or under section 19, 39, 71, 77 or 131 ".

I move amendment No. 68: In page 30, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(10) Where a recommendation for involuntary admission is made by a registered medical practitioner under this section, a copy of the recommendation shall be provided by the registered medical practitioner to the member of An Garda Síochána who is responsible for the person who is taken into custody under subsection (1) , or another member on his or her direction, for inclusion in the custody record (within the meaning of Regulat…

I move amendment No. 69: In page 30, line 41, to delete “but not later than 12 hours”.

I move amendment No. 70: In page 31, line 25, after "request" to insert "as soon as practicable".

I move amendment No. 71: In page 31, line 35, to delete "view" and substitute "opinion".

I move amendment No. 72: In page 32, to delete line 38 and substitute the following: "(3) If, upon the proposed discharging from hospital of a person the subject of a recommendation for involuntary admission—". I will speak first to amendment No. 93. This amendment provides for a stand-alone section relating to psychosocial assessments to be carried out within two working days of the admission order being made rather than at the time of admission. Some stakeholders requested that clarity be given to the status of p…

I thank the Deputies for those comments. To be clear, this is for people who are involuntarily detained. It will be written into the Bill, if it passes through the Houses of the Oireachtas, that a psychosocial assessment will be provided within two days. That is actually in the Bill, but what it does not specify is what the psychosocial assessment will be, which would never be expected in primary legislation. There will be greater flexibility for amendment if it is brought to secondary legislation, if it does not f…

In fairness, what Deputy Clarke said was a bit of a misrepresentation. The care plan is embedded in regulation but cannot be determined in the legislation. Each care plan is individual to each person who may be involuntarily detained or will be in an approved centre voluntarily. We are setting out in primary legislation that there will be a care plan. I am very keen on care plans across everything, for older people as well. We are also setting out that there will be a psychosocial assessment, but primary legislatio…

I move amendment No. 73: In page 33, lines 17 and 18, to delete “in relation to a person, the subject of a recommendation for involuntary admission, means” and substitute “means, in relation to a person the subject of a recommendation for involuntary admission,”.

I move amendment No. 74: In page 33, lines 23 to 32, to delete all words from and including “(1) Where” in line 23 down to and including line 32 and substitute the following: “(1) Where a clinical director receives a recommendation for involuntary admission under section 16 in respect of a person, the clinical director shall as soon as may be arrange for a consultant psychiatrist on the staff of the registered acute mental health centre to carry out an examination of the person the subject of the recommendation.”.

I move amendment No. 77: In page 33, line 33, to delete “ subsection (1)(a) " and substitute “ subsection (1) ".

I move amendment No. 79: In page 33, lines 35 and 36, to delete “for the involuntary admission”.

I move amendment No. 82: In page 34, line 4, to delete “ subsection (1)(a) ” and substitute “ subsection (1) ”.

I move amendment No. 83: In page 34, to delete lines 7 to 9.

I move amendment No. 84: In page 34, line 11, to delete “ subsection (1)(a) ,” and substitute “ subsection (1) or”.

I move amendment No. 85: In page 34, lines 12 and 13, to delete “or carrying out an assessment under subsection (1)(b) , as the case may be”.