Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

For everybody who is involuntarily detained in a mental health facility in our approved centres, of which we have 56 all over the country, the Mental Health Commission has a huge role to play. As Dr. Niazi said, each person is entitled to a tribunal with a solicitor and an advocate who is a consultant psychiatrist. The Mental Health Commission is in charge of these tribunals for every single person’s care, especially those who are involuntarily detained. I do not know the details but it would be very unusual for someone to be involuntarily detained for that length of time if the medical diagnosis was not there to back it up. Certainly, if the Deputy passes on the details, we will have that looked at for her.