Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Joint Committee On Health
General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Mental Health Commission
Annie Hoey (Labour) | Oireachtas source
I thank Mr. Farrelly for that. Mental Health Reform and other organisations have been calling for this. I thank Mr. Farrelly for his thoughts on it. I have another question. We talked about the continued use of coercive practices. In Sharing the Vision, in connection with recommendation 92 it is suggested that we "Progress a ‘zero restraint, zero seclusion’ action plan". It is recommended that be part of our mental health services. Again, this is a question I have asked before. How does the commission see this working alongside Sharing the Vision? Is it the case that we will need an amendment to the Act at some point, even though we are currently amending it? How does the commission see those two different things tying together?
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