It is clear, however, that with the development of modern psychiatry and a greater understanding of the underlying causes of mental illness and its associated conditions it has been apparent for some time that the criminal law dealing with insanity needs to be clarified and updated. Serious concerns have been expressed for some time by judges, lawyers and psychiatrists that the main aspects of the law in this area are in need of review. The Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002 addresses these concerns by implementing the main recommendations of the third report in 1978 of the interdepartmental committee on mentally ill and maladjusted persons which was chaired, as I said, by Mr. Justice Henchy.