Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020

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• Moves Central Mental Hospital from Dundrum to Portrane, County Dublin, including transfer of all detained persons.
• Closes Dundrum facility and repeals section 39 of Mental Treatment Act 1961; sets transitional arrangements for relocation.
• Enables legal transfer of patients lawfully detained at current hospital to new location in Portrane.

Stage timeline

1. First Stage 33rd Dáil

   1 Dec 2020
2. Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil

   10 Dec 2020
3. Second Stage 33rd Dáil

   10 Dec 2020
4. Committee Stage 33rd Dáil

   10 Dec 2020
5. Report Stage 33rd Dáil

   10 Dec 2020
6. Fifth Stage 26th Seanad

   14 Dec 2020
7. Committee Stage 26th Seanad

   14 Dec 2020
8. Report Stage 26th Seanad

   14 Dec 2020
9. Enacted

   20 Dec 2020