Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I move amendment No. 7:

In page 11, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following subsection:

"(2) The Act of 2006 and this Act may be cited together as the Criminal Justice (Mental Disorder) Acts 2006 and 2010.".

Amendment No. 7 makes the same point. Its purpose is to ensure that the 2006 Act will be referred to in future as a part of a number of Acts to do with mental disorder rather than as an insanity Act. It is part of the proposal we are making to shift the language away from the outdated 18th century notion of insanity towards a 21st century idea of mental disorder. There may be a better term. Something more specifically to do with this defence might be appropriate. Nevertheless, I would like to see us changing from the use of the term "insanity".

This amendment is widely accepted by all those who work in the criminal justice and psychiatric areas. I have been told that people are very keen that we move from this outdated language.