Mary Henry (Independent)

I move amendment No. 38:

In page 7, to delete line 26.

This is the one place where my light reading and I fall apart. "Irresistible impulse" is a concept not known in psychiatry. Of course, one will be able to find a couple of people to come forward in the courts and there may be terrible trouble in various court cases because of this concept on which the Minister is very keen. I have been reliably informed by a wide selection of psychiatrists that "irresistible impulse" is not considered to be a diagnosis in psychiatry. I query the wisdom of keeping this concept in the Bill. As the Minister of State's officials will tell him, I raised this issue on Committee Stage and I will not go over it again. I believe it will cause terrible trouble in the future. I am thinking of barristers on this occasion.