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

Mary Henry: When he was here, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform said how much he admired Mr. Justice Henchy, whom he described as the greatest legal brain of the last century. Mr. Justice Henchy stressed that the prisoner could become a patient. That is one of the reasons I feel so strongly about the matter. I want the prisoner to be treated as a patient once it is recognised that he or...

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

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, lines 14 to 16, to delete "TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MENTAL HEALTH REVIEW BOARD" and substitute "TO PROVIDE SUCH PERSONS WITH THE SAME PROTECTIONS AS ARE PROVIDED IN THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2001". My intention with this amendment is to save the taxpayer money. One interesting aspect of the explanatory memorandum is its statement that there are no...

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

Mary Henry: I have only seen these amendments myself so I can understand the Minister of State's confusion.

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

Mary Henry: I only saw the groupings when I got here, so I will rely on the Clerk and the Clerk's assistant. If there is something the Minister of State objects to I hope he will allow me to remove it. This has been a bit of a rush despite it being over two years——

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

Mary Henry: I do not wish to continue until the Minister of State is ready. Is it all right to continue?

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

Mary Henry: As no one will take any notice of what I say I wonder why I bother. The mental health tribunals will have the advantage that the people comprising them, who would be much the same type of person as those on the Minister's review board, will get some experience as they deal with ordinary cases. When they come to criminal cases they can have as much advice and as many lawyers as they like, but...

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

Mary Henry: This raises an issue that displeases me. According to the terms of the Bill, the review body is under the control of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and must report to him. I draw attention to the advice given by Mr. Justice Henchy in the third interim report of the interdepartmental committee on mentally ill and maladjusted persons. This was the basis from which we thought...

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

Mary Henry: That is a piece of good luck for them.

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

Mary Henry: I look forward to hearing how helpful I have been. I appreciate how important it was to include these explanations.

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

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 10: In page 4, line 27, after "may" to insert ", on the advice of the Inspector of Mental Health Services". It is suggested that the Mental Health Commission should be consulted. I tabled this amendment because the Minister for Health and Children has a great deal to do and far more than she expected. It would be extraordinarily difficult to be in position to identify a...

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

Mary Henry: I second the amendment.

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

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 18: In page 5, line 5, after "if" to insert "having obtained the opinions of two approved medical officers, one of whom is the clinical director of a designated centre, the court finds that". The reason I tabled this amendment is that a judge in a court who has no experience of psychiatric matters is being asked to make a decision as to whether a person is mentally ill.

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

Mary Henry: I had the impression on Committee Stage that the Minister did not believe it necessary for the psychiatric profession to give an opinion in many areas.

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

Mary Henry: If it is possible for me to second the amendment, I would like to do so.

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

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 21: In page 5, line 29, to delete "or" and substitute "and".

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: A report on prisons was published recently by the Inspector of Prisons. I ask the Leader if we could debate it as soon as possible.

Seanad: Rights of Migrant Workers: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I thank Senator Norris for sharing his time. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe. I wish to raise the issue of those migrant workers, doctors and nurses, who come to Ireland at our invitation on working visas to prop up the health service. Without them, we would be unable to run it. Over the years, I have...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I support Senator Finucane's call for a debate on accident and emergency services. The situation is truly as shocking as the nurses describe it. Hundreds of people are on trolleys every day but there are 1,000 fewer beds in the acute hospital service than there were at the end of the 1980s. There are hundreds of thousands more people in the country and they are older. The Minister's solution...

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme. (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister of State for attending the House this evening. The issue of colorectal cancer was drawn to my attention by Colm Ó Móráin, professor of medicine at Trinity College Dublin and senior gastroenterologist in the Adelaide and Meath Hospital at Tallaght. Colorectal cancer poses a major public health problem. According to a recent report from the United European...

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme. (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I ask him to consider the pilot scheme if I send him some details on it. I would like a pilot colorectal screening scheme to be pursued along the lines of the highly satisfactory cervical screening programme. We would all like the latter scheme to be extended to all parts of the country as soon as possible.