Ms Angela Denning:

I might deal with the inherent jurisdiction of the court. The High Court does have inherent jurisdiction, which it exercises infrequently to detain people in some circumstances, as the Deputy outlined. We do have some people who are wards of court because applications were perhaps made by the HSE or other bodies to have people detained in circumstances where they did not have the capacity to make decisions themselves. Those orders would always be made on foot of medical evidence showing the person does not have the capacity to make decisions themselves.