Mr. Eoin Barry:

As a professional group representing social workers, the area of human rights is very important to us. There is a campaign going on at the moment because CORU removed human rights from our regulations, which is a key part of our profession. Broadly speaking, we welcome most of the provisions in the general scheme from a human rights perspective. We would also agree with some of the points our colleagues have made, and we believe it needs adjustments, but broadly speaking we believe this improves human rights and it also improves advocacy and the voice of people that are attending services both inpatient and community facilities. Broadly speaking, we welcome the proposed Bill.