John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The issue revolves around people's qualifications and the company that employs them. The agency has been in existence since 2006 and more than 600 people have been involuntarily admitted since then. The contract for the external assisted admissions includes as a minimum requirement that the assisted admission team should comprise at least two skilled mental health professionals, one of whom must be a registered psychiatric nurse, with a minimum of three years' relevant experience working in a mental health setting within the last four years. Of the 600 missions supported by this agency, there have not been any complaints from the families, the patients or the centres.