Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion
2:00 am
Ms Hazel Behan:
No. There is a confidentiality contract that you sign up to with your counsellor and it refers to a situation where you are going to be a harm to yourself or somebody else. I get that, and I agreed to those terms. However, I did not find out that my records would be taken until two weeks before they were taken. It was shared with me in the context that I was told if I did not give over those notes, I would not have a fair trial. I do not understand that in the context of the term "fair trial". I do not know where the fairness comes in. For whom is it fair?
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