Seanad debates
Tuesday, 19 April 2005
Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages.
3:00 pm
Mary Henry (Independent)
I move amendment No. 18:
In page 5, line 5, after "if" to insert "having obtained the opinions of two approved medical officers, one of whom is the clinical director of a designated centre, the court finds that".
The reason I tabled this amendment is that a judge in a court who has no experience of psychiatric matters is being asked to make a decision as to whether a person is mentally ill.
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