Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I also thank the Minister of State and his officials for their work on this Bill. We had a productive and constructive debate and I am glad he took on board the issue of designating centres other than the Central Mental Hospital. It is a pity we could not move on from the use of the language of insanity but I very much look forward to the outcome of the review the Minister of State has promised. I hope there will be a significant sea change, as he has described, in stigmatisation and attitudes towards mental health as a result of that review.