Seanad debates
Wednesday, 19 February 2003
Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Second Stage.
While I can understand there is a legal problem, I also understand the point of view of psychiatrists. There are people whose conditions may be treatable within a few years. Who would have said 30 years ago that schizophrenia and bi-polar disease would be so well treated now? We must remember that there may be progress in psychiatry which will allow people to be treated in the future. This is certainly an area which we will have to tease out quite a bit.
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