Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care
Mental Health Services in Prisons and Detention Centres: Discussion
1:40 pm
Mr. Michael Donnellan:
We were all asked to comment on the approved centres. It is something that has been out there. We are prepared to talk about anything. It is a big shift in the thinking for mental health that prisons would become psychiatric units where people can be forcibly treated. It is a discussion that is needed and one we have to have among all the stakeholders, including the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, our inspectorates, the Mental Health Commission and all the oversight groups. They would all have a view. It may be something we need to talk about.
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