Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Mental Health Reform and Mental Health Ireland are two groups, along with other groups which are perhaps not as well known or as national, with which we are constantly in contact about a range of issues. I accept that Deputy Mac Lochlainn has to make the argument to the effect that he believes this to be a good amendment. I accept that this is his job. I would be doing the same if I was sitting where he is sitting. However, I am firm in my view that I am not going to pick any group of people. As much as I would have a particular leaning towards one group rather than another, I am not going to pick any group and include them as named groups within this legislation. I believe the necessary protection would be better placed in the new mental health legislation.