Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Mr. Pat Bennett:

The question relating to suicide is very difficult. The idea is that the person would be clinically assessed and the decision would be made by a clinician. It is difficult to say after that. It is a decision that the clinician has to make. It is a professional judgment.