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Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023
- Sponsor
- Mark Ward · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 21 Nov 2023
- Last updated
- 2 May 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Grants Mental Health Commission statutory power to regulate Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and enforce governance and clinical reform recommendations.
- Enables Mental Health Commission to monitor implementation of recommendations and publish annual progress reports on service improvements.
- Amends Mental Health Act 2001 to give Commission enforceable authority over HSE and State implementation of recommended reforms.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil21 Nov 2023
- Committee Stage34th Dáil1 May 2025
Debates
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