Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 November 2021

Joint Committee On Health

General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Fiona Coyle:

Chemical restraint is a new category introduced in the heads of the Bill. There is a definition that I do not have to hand. I do not want to give the Deputy the wrong definition so we will follow up with him separately on what is contained in the Bill. Generally, it is the use of chemical interventions to restrain an individual outside of his or her normal therapeutic interventions. I can provide the Deputy with more information on that.