Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 July 2015
186. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the names of the solicitors and barristers currently appointed as chairpersons of mental health tribunals, together with year-by-year details of the earnings of each chairperson appointed from 1 November 2013 to 30 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29436/15]
View answerThe Mental Health Act 2001 provides for the patients’ right to an automatic independent review of an involuntary admission to an Approved Centre. Within 21 days of an admission or renewal order, a three person mental health tribunal consisting of a lawyer as chair, a consultant psychiatrist and another person review the admission or renewal order. There were 1,896 hearings in 2013 and 1,823 in 2014.
The specific information requested is not routinely reported on; however I have asked the Mental Health Commission to collate the information, and I expect to be in a position to forward it to the Deputy shortly.
