Seanad debates
Wednesday, 19 February 2003
Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Second Stage.
I know that psychiatrists are very anxious about people being convicted on what they describe as a very nebulous definition. I do not know what we can do about this but it is a very serious issue. Some of my correspondents fear that we will have people pleading that they have a personality disorder to get off on lesser charges. I presume we will be able to discuss this serious issue more widely on Committee Stage.
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