Enacted Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means 70/2020 Official bill number / year
Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020
- Sponsor
- Minister for Health
- Introduced
- 1 Dec 2020
- Last updated
- 21 Jan 2021
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- Minister sets relocation day moving Central Mental Hospital from Dundrum to Portrane; all legal references to Dundrum facility automatically redirect to Portrane location.
- Persons lawfully detained under specified mental health and criminal law provisions continue detained during transition; transferred to Portrane while maintaining legal detention status.
- Dundrum facility closes within three months of relocation; section 39 of Mental Treatment Act 1961 repealed to remove statutory link to old location.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil1 Dec 2020
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil10 Dec 2020
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil10 Dec 2020
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil10 Dec 2020
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil10 Dec 2020
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad14 Dec 2020
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad14 Dec 2020
- Report Stage 26th Seanad14 Dec 2020
- Enacted20 Dec 2020
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