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Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I have the message now. Could they be involved in tribunals?

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister of State for his explanation.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I second the amendment. I have supported similar amendments in respect of this issue in other legislation because members of some Christian denominations believe it is wrong to swear on the Bible. It is time to re-examine the Interpretation Act in view of the incidence of people swearing on the Bible and subsequently being found to have told a pack of lies. It is difficult for those of who...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 107: In page 14, to delete lines 29 to 34. This amendment arises as a consequence of my conviction that prison is an unsuitable place in which to treat those with psychiatric illness. I made my views plain on this point earlier.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 137: In page 16, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: 13.—(1) In relation to any person remanded into custody or sentenced to imprisonment, the Minister shall— (a) have the power to give a transfer direction if he or she is satisfied by reports from two registered medical practitioners, one of whom is a consultant psychiatrist on the staff of the Central...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: Will section 4 of the Mental Health Act apply to this transfer to the Central Mental Hospital?

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: It will apply. Will this section allow someone in prison for a minor offence to be transferred as an outpatient? Suppose a person has depression——

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: The earlier provisions will continue to apply here. That is important because one does not want to place people in institutions for treatment if they would be better off being treated as outpatients, just because they had been kicking milk bottles in the street because they had not taken their medication. That is good to hear. The Minister of State has gone a long way to try to solve what was...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I ask the Minister of State to send my thanks back to the Minister.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: We shall take the amendments together if that will assist the Minister of State.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: Is the Minister of State accepting amendment No. 141?

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I am glad of that. Some of these people may not be dangerous, others could be very dangerous. I do not like the idea of psychiatrists sending out the staff to round people up and arrest them.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I understand that. If one examines the Mental Health Act, there is a provision — I am not quite sure where — that if people escape from the closed centre they were in members of that centre can search for them but those staff members should not be required to arrest someone. If that is what may happen under this Bill to get people back into hospital, that is fine but I do not like the...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: Which section?

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: Section 27(2) of the Mental Health Act 2001 states: A member of the Garda Síochána may for the purposes of this section, (a) enter if need be by force any dwelling or other premises where he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the patient may be, and (b) take all reasonable measures necessary for the return of the patient to the approved centre including, where necessary, the...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: Have they?

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 154: In page 19, line 42, to delete "Insanity" and substitute "Mental Disorder".

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: Does the Minister agree with the amendment?

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I am disappointed. I thought the Government agreed with me on this, but now I find that the asterisk on the printed list of amendments is in the wrong place.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: The Minister said that there would be a surprise later on in the Bill. I withdraw the amendment.