Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Joint Committee On Health

General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Michael Drumm:

I will be brief. I agree with all that the Shine representatives have said. The Deputy's point is on how we legislate for that. It is very hard to write it into an Act but it can go very well in guiding principles. It is about a collaborative model. What is required can be put into a care plan, and rules and regulations can be made through the Mental Health Commission in that regard. Once all users of mental health services are familiar with what has been provided for, they can insist on it. It is a question of guiding principles and regulation through the Mental Health Commission rather than putting a particular point into the legislation. It is through the guiding principles at the start.

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