Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Joint Committee On Health

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

Dr. Norella Broderick:

The college is currently revising all the teaching it gives to trainees and it will probably include human rights training as part of that. There is certainly a great deal of interest among trainees in human rights. For example, I am pursuing a master's degree in disability law, which will cover the UNCRPD, and several other trainees are pursuing research in trying to reduce restrictive practices and so on. There is certainly an interest and self-pursuit of training in that area, and the college is continuing to develop its teaching in all areas, including this one.