Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 November 2021
Joint Committee On Health
General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Department of Health
Mr. Seamus Hempenstall:
The Mental Health Commission inspects approved centres only. There are around 60 of those and the commission has a programme of inspection to visit all of those annually. It is proposed that once the Act has been brought in, the Mental Health Commission will have powers to inspect all other kinds of mental health facilities such as day services and other types of residences. I do not know the numbers offhand but perhaps my colleague, Mr. Kelly, can give us more detail on that.