Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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I apologise to the witnesses. I usually stay for all of the meeting but I have a Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth meeting on the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. I know the witnesses have an interest in that as well. I will have to go to that meeting. The Psychological Society of Ireland was before us at a previous meeting. Its representatives mentioned that the Mental Health Commission should develop codes and practices around the use of restraints and seclusion. They indicated that the commission would welcome taking on this piece of work. Is this something the commission can do? Is there an issue why it cannot do it? Is it capacity or resources? Will Mr. Farrelly elaborate on that?