Mary Henry (Independent)

I raised objections to the Immigration Bill when it was first taken in the House because, as I said at the time, it is very bad to rush such important legislation. The Bill has come back to this House from the Dáil from a medical point of view in a worse state than when it left this House. Some of the recommendations in the First Schedule are contrary to international best practice and others, based on what the Minister said in the House on Committee Stage, are contrary to the recommendations of the National Disease Surveillance Centre. I strongly support the objections of Schizophrenia Ireland to the description in section 6 of the First Schedule, which looks like a description of a florid attack of schizophrenia. I second what the Leader of Fine Gael has said. We should give more time to this important legislation.