Dr. Eilionóir Flynn:

I appreciate the complexity of discussion on restraint, and I will not labour the point, but I do want say that there is decades of research now, and particularly from people who are in those relationships with people including family members and others who support people and know best how to support them in very challenging and difficult situations.

They find there is always an alternative to restraint and there are ways to work with that. I encourage the committee to take that on board in its final report on this issue.