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1981
adequate levels of rehabilitation and treatment being
provided.
It seems to me that if there should prove to be an
absence of positive leadership which will give political
recognition and expression to the rights and entitlements
of the mentally disabled by enacting an amendment to the
Health Act which will provide a "right to treatment
charter", then the only safeguard that members of
vulnerable minorities possess against the abuse of piower
will lie in recourse to the courts. Whilst I hope it will not
be necessary for this to happen, if it does, I hope that our
Constitution will prove to be sound and that the rights of
the mentally disabled and other vulnerable minorities will
be vindicated in an Irish courtroom, by an Irish Lord
Denning and not in a European courtroom, by a
European Lord Denning. •
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INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM "THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED & THE
LAW", 27 JUNE, 1981.
From left:
John Gordon, Solicitor; Dr. Jim Behan, Consultant Psychiatrist (Eastern Health Board); Patrick
O'Connor, Solicitor; Patrick McEllin, Solicitor.
(Photo: Western People, Ballina).