Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Joint Committee On Health
General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Office of the Ombudsman for Children
Dr. Niall Muldoon:
Again, I am not very well-placed in this regard but my understanding, from a number of cases we have heard here, is the medical team and the parents will take over. If there is an imminent threat to life then the medical obligations are to retain life and to maintain life. I assume the parents would step in and support that. That is my understanding.