I move that the Committee agree with the Seanad in amendment No. 1:—
In page 28, sub-section (2) of Section 65 deleted and the following sub-sections substituted:—
(2) A mental hospital authority shall, on the application of an officer or servant employed by them, inform him in writing whether his name is or is not entered in the register maintained under this section by them.
(3) A mental hospital authority shall keep affixed in a conspicuous position in each institution maintained by them a notice stating that, on the application of an officer or servant employed by them, they will inform him whether his name is or is not entered in the register maintained under this section by them.
Sub-section (2) of Section 65 requires a mental hospital authority to keep affixed in a conspicuous place in each institution a list of the officers and servants whose names are entered in the register maintained by the mental hospital authority under Section 65. It was represented in the Seanad that the keeping of a list like this in each institution would entail considerable labour. The section was amended to place an obligation on a mental hospital authority to inform any officer or servant in writing whether his name was or was not entered in the register, and to keep a notice affixed in each institution to the effect that any officer or servant would be supplied with that information on application.