Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion

Mr. John Farrelly:

In terms of impact, I will defer to Dr. Finnerty and Ms Smyth. We have mental health tribunals where we work to vindicate the rights of people who are detained. We would not allow any consultant on those tribunals unless they were on the specialist register. Just to be clear, we would not employ someone to vindicate people's rights unless he or she was on that specialist register. In terms of the health service and whom it employs, I will ask Dr. Finnerty to come in.