Mental Health Commission IRL

About Mental Health Commission IRL

The Mental Health Commission promotes, encourages and fosters high standards and good practices in the delivery of mental health services in Ireland. Areas of our work include: Mental Health Tribunals - Protecting the human rights and interests of persons detained for care and treatment; specifically, through ensuring the independent review of involuntary admission orders by a Mental Health Tribunal. Regulatory Process - Monitoring mental health services and the registering and inspection of approved centres in line with legal requirements. We are a responsive regulator and use data collected to take a risk-based approach. Quality Improvement - Encouraging continuous quality improvement; fostering high standards and good practices in the delivery of mental health services. Issuing guidance and developing evidence-based standards to improve service delivery and service user experience. The Decision Support Service (DSS) is a newly established state service that promotes the rights and interests of people who may need support with decision-making. The DSS registers decision support arrangements and supervise decision supporters.