Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Committee on Disability Matters

Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Ruairí Ó MurchúRuairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I will be brief. Mr. Eddie Mullins was the governor of Mountjoy Prison at the time Deputy Gould and I visited. Resources will always be an issue and we will always need more. Everything will need to be reviewed. There seems to be some support for the new system and framework. Something was said earlier that almost touched on the issue of the Mental Health Act. It is all well and good having the law, best practice guidelines and whatever else. If all stakeholders and people are not aware of those, no more than is the case in respect of the Mental Health Act, bad decisions will constantly be made. Are we sure it is not too onerous on those who are trying to advocate or those who obviously fall into this position and their wider families? There is a difficulty if they cannot get advocacy services.

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