Mr. John Farrelly:

The decision support service has been in the Mental Health Commission for some years. This legislation will give full effect to its functions. We have been building the service for a number of years. We think it is compatible because we had the same exercise a number of years ago to make sure that the rights of people with mental health issues were vindicated in an arena where there are professionals and many people with much power, except for the people with mental health issues. We have a particular attitude to making sure that a space is clear for people so that they can exercise their own powers and we can support them, including people who have been detained. I will defer to Ms Flynn, the director of the DSS, on mental health specifically.