Seanad debates

Wednesday, 19 February 2003

Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Second Stage.

 

Given the time I spent with the Simon Community, I would have serious reservations about the culpability of 90% of the people I knew there. Issues of culpability arise also in the case of someone who is suffering from multiple deprivations, was brought up in institutions and who, almost with shocking inevitably, ends up with a dependence on alcohol. That was mostly the substance involved in my time with the Simon Community, but it has probably moved on to more exotic mind-altering substances. These issues go well beyond the scope of the Bill.

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