Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020

Public bill · Government · Presented

Moves the Central Mental Hospital from Dundrum to a new facility in Portrane, County Dublin, and sets out how people already detained there can be transferred safely and lawfully during the move. It also allows the Minister for Health to set the relocation and closure dates, keeps existing review and appeal rights in place, and closes the old Dundrum site once the transfer is complete. Repeals an outdated law that tied the hospital to its former Dundrum location.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the relocation of the Central Mental Hospital from its current premises in Dundrum, County Dublin to a premises in Portrane, County Dublin; to provide for the transfer of persons lawfully detained in the Central Mental Hospital Dundrum to the Central Mental Hospital Portrane; to provide for transitional arrangements; to provide for the closure of the former Central Mental Hospital Dundrum; to provide for the repeal of section 39 of the Mental Treatment Act 1961; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 21 January 2021