Seanad debates

Tuesday, 19 April 2005

Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages.

 

5:00 pm

Mary Henry (Independent)

The earlier provisions will continue to apply here. That is important because one does not want to place people in institutions for treatment if they would be better off being treated as outpatients, just because they had been kicking milk bottles in the street because they had not taken their medication. That is good to hear. The Minister of State has gone a long way to try to solve what was an entirely unsatisfactory situation. Let us hope it will work in practice.

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