Letters to the Editor: Government must explain delays in reforming mental health laws
One letter-writer says ‘de facto detention’, where patients do not have a say in their treatment, could deter people who really need treatment from receiving it. Picture: iStock
Ireland’s mental health laws go right back to 2001. Ten years ago, an expert panel recommended 165 changes to bring them up to date.
Eight years ago the government started that process but many delays later, what was meant to be the most seismic overhaul of mental health legislation in Ireland has now been pushed out once again.
