Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Joint Committee On Health

General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Professor Matthew Sadlier:

Ultimately, responsibility needs to lie with individuals and named individuals need to have responsibility. Historically, the doctors and the consultant psychiatrists have been that person within the team. There must be a straight line on responsibility and clinical responsibility. One of our concerns is the blurring of that level of responsibility and whether other members of the team step up to take responsibility as well as decision making. Nobody is opposed to-----