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:

We would not look at it as excluding. We believe that a person needs certain competencies and capabilities in order to protect and vindicate the rights of the 2,000 or so people who are involuntarily detained. To do that, he or she must have this specialist qualification.