Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 December 2022

Joint Committee On Health

People Detained in Secure Forensic Mental Health Facilities: Discussion

Ms Eil?s N? Chaoimh:

I will jump in and say that one of the lawyers we interviewed raised specific concerns and questioned whether that information is actually held. I would add that proviso. As already stated, in the context of that particular case of someone who had been found to be unfit to plead since the 1970s, among some of the interviewees there was a feeling that the person had been found. Perhaps "found" is not the right word, but there was a sense people were detained there for long periods historically and that there was maybe a lack of clarity around why they were being detained.

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