The Social Protection Minister says he may remove disability payments from some of those in the Central Mental Hospital.
The Social Protection Minister says he may remove disability payments from some of those in the Central Mental Hospital.
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Normally when someone is imprisoned welfare payments are stopped as the prison service exchanges information on a weekly basis.
But those sent to the Central Mental Hospital are not convicted but detained after being found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Minister Leo Varadkar says he may be able to deduct the payments:
