Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 December 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission
Mr. John Farrelly:
We are not happy that we are not able to vindicate people's rights in the way we want to. We are not happy that we are not able to account the way we want to account. We have to tactically figure out the best way to vindicate people's rights. It is very hard.
To be honest with the Deputy, we have been very quiet on this deliberately, but what members said about making sure the premises are in place for people before all individuals are moved is a credible thing to put forward. I do not want to jeopardise something if we go in and end up in a court room in County Cork on foot of something that happens. It can happen that someone turns around to us and says we are prejudiced and we already wanted to act. It is very tricky. Whatever impression we are giving, we are not intending to give that impression.
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