Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020

What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

• 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• Dundrum facility closes within three months of relocation; section 39 of Mental Treatment Act 1961 repealed to remove statutory link to old location.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 timelineWhat do these stages mean?

1. First Stage33rd Dáil

   1 Dec 2020
2. Fifth Stage33rd Dáil

   10 Dec 2020
3. Second Stage33rd Dáil

   10 Dec 2020
4. Committee Stage33rd Dáil

   10 Dec 2020
5. Report Stage33rd Dáil

   10 Dec 2020
6. Fifth Stage26th Seanad

   14 Dec 2020
7. Committee Stage26th Seanad

   14 Dec 2020
8. Report Stage26th Seanad

   14 Dec 2020
9. Enacted

   20 Dec 2020

Debates

• Second Stage14 Dec 2020↗
• Order for Second Stage10 Dec 2020↗

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