Seanad debates

Tuesday, 19 April 2005

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

 

5:00 pm

Mary Henry (Independent)

I understand that. If one examines the Mental Health Act, there is a provision — I am not quite sure where — that if people escape from the closed centre they were in members of that centre can search for them but those staff members should not be required to arrest someone. If that is what may happen under this Bill to get people back into hospital, that is fine but I do not like the idea of members of staff having to go and arrest anyone who may involuntarily leave a centre. Will this issue be examined again?

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