Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 9, line 12, to delete "A person is in material breach of his or her" and substitute "The clinical director may revoke a".

Again, I will be very brief as we already discussed this on Committee Stage. This amendment is by way of ensuring that the director of the Central Mental Hospital would not, on a whim or based on his or her view of what might constitute a material breach of normal behaviour, recall someone who might not usually be based in the Dundrum hospital for something just a little outrageous. It is as simple as that, to ensure that patients would not suffer from someone' s whim of the moment or misinterpretation of the legislation.

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