asked the Minister for Health further to his reply to a parliamentary question of 26th October, 1972, if his Department have any draft plans drawn up to amend the Mental Treatment Acts and, if so, when legislation to put these amendments into effect is likely to be introduced.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Mental Treatment Acts.
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Plans for a comprehensive new mental treatment code, involving a complete review of existing legislation, are well advanced. It is not possible at this stage to say when a Bill will be introduced, but I would hope that it will be next year.