Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge the Minister of State's Department has engaged extensively with the NGOs and has taken on board many of their concerns in the new amendments. One of the areas of concern is that the new protections to address the historic mistreatment of people with intellectual disabilities or with mental health difficulties should be extended to people in centres. The concern would be that there is not the necessary independence being given to the relevant persons. The Minister of State says she believes the new section will address the concerns. I ask her to elaborate how her amendments address the specific concerns of the NGOs and Mental Health Reform.