Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Marie SherlockMarie Sherlock (Dublin Central, Labour)
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That is to my mind. I am a layperson. I am not a clinician. I worry that there is an over-emphasis on the word "risk". If we were to replace the word "risk" with "outcome", the concern would fall away because clinicians would be using their clinical judgment to assess possible outcomes and therefore determining treatment.