Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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I have a quick question which Mr. Ryan may not have the answer to. On the 2,000 involuntary admissions last year referred to, my understanding is that the vast majority of them were through An Garda Síochána and not authorised officers. This is why we need these authorising officers in place to underpin this legislation and to make sure we take the best human rights approach to this. Does Mr. Ryan or any of the other witnesses have any comment to make on that?