Mary Henry (Independent)

I move amendment No. 131:

In page 17, subsection (7), lines 14 and 15, to delete "or an officer or servant of the designated centre".

I am concerned about sending an officer or servant of a designated centre to arrest an individual who may have absconded from a detention centre. The Garda has training in this area and unless some training is provided to an officer or servant of the centre, there will be complications. The last time I recall that an individual had to be arrested in these circumstances, he was running along the railway line in Inchicore, half naked. It may not be a good idea to send out workers from a psychiatric institution, without training in arresting people, after such people. The Garda is in a better position to control such a situation.