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Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2016
- Sponsor
- Joan Freeman · Independent
- Introduced
- 13 Dec 2016
- Last updated
- 19 Feb 2020
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Mental Health Act 2001 to ban child admissions to adult psychiatric units except in exceptional circumstances where best interests require it.
- Requires children admitted to adult units be housed separately from adults in age-appropriate environments with suitable facilities and conditions.
- Addresses practice where 75-95 children annually were admitted to adult units despite 2001 guidelines recommending none under 18 be placed there.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage25th Seanad13 Dec 2016
- Second Stage25th Seanad13 Dec 2016
- Committee Stage25th Seanad7 Feb 2018
- Report Stage25th Seanad27 Jun 2018
- Fifth Stage25th Seanad27 Jun 2018
Debates
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