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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

...justice pathway that begins with policing. It is my view that the answer to reducing this disproportionate representation lies partly at the policing stage. Ireland is fortunate to have An Garda Síochána, a policing service that is committed to a human rights agenda. However, there remains a need for procedural accommodations in the policing process and on-the-ground support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

...with an intellectual disability in St. Joseph's Foundation, Charleville, and we have redesigned that notice of rights for Ireland. It has been published and it has been submitted to the Garda Commissioner for consideration because it has been legally checked out and signed off on as being accessible for people with an intellectual disability. It will be nice to see that in use in Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Deprivation of Liberty: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Dessie Ellis: They are usually turned away, unfortunately. They might get the psychiatrist to the Garda station but often, by the time the psychiatrist arrives the psychosis has waned a bit and they are not detained. That is a judgment call as nobody wants to see anyone lose their liberty but a call has to be made.

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