Unit: Inspector of Mental Hospitals

Inspector of Mental Hospitals

Inspector of Lunatics

Wednesday 1st of January 1845 - Friday 5th of April 2002

Originally known as the Inspector of Lunatics, the two names were used through the 1920s and 1930s. Officially known as the Inspector of Mental Hospitals from 1 Jan 1947 under the Mental Treatment Act 1945.

From date: 1845-01-01
To date: 2002-04-05
Source: Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act, 1845; http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/12357/eppi_pages/304786; Lunatics Asylums (Ireland) Act, 1875; Mental Treatment Act, 1945; S.I. No. 329/1946; Mental Health Act, 2001; S.I. No. 90/2002; http://lenus.ie/hse/bitstream/10147/250248/1/AnnualReportOfTheInspectorOfMentalHospitals1943.pdf
Confidence: Quite Confident
Names: Inspector of Lunatics
- Source: Lunatics Asylums (Ireland) Act, 1875; Mental Treatment Act, 1945
- From date: 1845-01-01
- To date: 1947-01-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Names: Office of Lunatic Asylums
- Source: http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/12357/eppi_pages/304786
- From date: 1845-01-01
- To date: 1947-01-01
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Legal forms: Statutory non-departmental body
- Source: http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/12357/eppi_pages/304786; Lunatics Asylums (Ireland) Act, 1875; Mental Treatment Act, 1945; S.I. No. 329/1946; Mental Health Act, 2001; S.I. No. 91/2002
- From date: 1845-01-01
- To date: 2002-04-05
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Functions: Regulatory (over public and private sectors)
- Source: http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/12357/eppi_pages/304786; Lunatics Asylums (Ireland) Act, 1875; Mental Treatment Act, 1945; S.I. No. 329/1946; Mental Health Act, 2001; S.I. No. 91/2002
- From date: 1845-01-01
- To date: 2002-04-05
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Policy domains: Health
- Source: http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/12357/eppi_pages/304786; Lunatics Asylums (Ireland) Act, 1875; Mental Treatment Act, 1945; S.I. No. 329/1946; Mental Health Act, 2001; S.I. No. 91/2002
- From date: 1845-01-01
- To date: 2002-04-05
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Parents: Department of Local Government and Public Health
- Source: Mental Treatment Act, 1945; S.I. No. 329/1946; S.I. No. 58/1947; Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924)
- From date: 1924-06-02
- To date: 1947-03-11
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Parents: Department of Health (I)
- Source: S.I. No. 58/1947; S.I. No. 308/1997
- From date: 1947-03-11
- To date: 1997-07-11
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Parents: Department of Health and Children
- Source: S.I. No. 308/1997; Mental Health Act, 2001
- From date: 1997-07-12
- To date: 2002-04-05
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Parents: Ministry of Local Government
- Source: Third Part of the Schedule to the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924)
- From date: 1922-04-01
- To date: 1924-06-02
- Confidence: Quite Confident
Counties: Dublin
- Source: http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/12357/eppi_pages/304786
- Description: Based in Dublin Castle
- From date: 1845-01-01
- Confidence: Fairly Confident
Cofog: hospital services
- Source: http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/12357/eppi_pages/304786; Lunatics Asylums (Ireland) Act, 1875; Mental Treatment Act, 1945; S.I. No. 329/1946; Mental Health Act, 2001; S.I. No. 90/2002; http://lenus.ie/hse/bitstream/10147/250248/1/AnnualReportOfTheInspectorOfMentalHospitals1943.pdf
- To date: 2002-04-05
- Confidence: Quite Confident
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1945/act/19/enacted/en/html
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/act/25/enacted/en/html
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1875/act/67/enacted/en/html
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1845/act/107/enacted/en/html
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1946/si/329/
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2002/si/90/

Associated Events
Name	Date	From	To
S.I. No. 90/2002 (Inspectorate of Mental Health Services)	2002-04-05	Inspector of Mental Hospitals	Mental Health Commission
Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act, 1845	1845-01-01		Inspector of Mental Hospitals

Unit Information

Inspector of Mental Hospitals

Inspector of Lunatics