THE SCHOOL OF LAW
in association with
Employment Law Association of Ireland
“Employment Law and Mental Health”
Conference Programme
Morning
9.30 – 10.00 Conference Delegates Registration
10.00 – 10.05 Chairperson’s Welcome
Dr Mary Keys, National University of Ireland Galway and Board member of the Mental Health Commission
10.05 – 10.15 Opening Address
10.15 – 11.00 What is a “recognisable psychiatric injury”?
Dr Ann Jeffers – Consultant Psychiatrist
“This speaker is sponsored by NUI Galway’s Millennium Fund”
11.00 – 11.15 Questions and Answers Session
11.15 – 11.30 Tea/Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.15 Actionable psychiatric injury: recent cases before the Irish Courts
Marguerite Bolger, Senior Counsel
“This speaker is sponsored by NUI Galway’s Millennium Fund”
12.15 – 12.30 Questions and Answers Session
12.30 – 2.00 Lunch
Conference Programme
Afternoon
2.00 – 2.45 Mental Health and the definition of “disability” within the meaning of the Employment Equality Acts - what is a Reasonable Accommodation
Shivaun Quinlivan, Law Lecturer NUI Galway
2.45 – 3.00 Questions and Answers Session
3.00 – 3.15 Tea/Coffee Break
3.15 – 4.00 Sections 8 and 22 Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 – Health Surveillance in the Workplace
Deirdre Callanan, Lecturer in Health and Safety Law and Ursula Connolly, Lecturer in Labour Law.
4.00 – 4.15 Questions and Answers Session
4.15 – 4.30 Conference Rapporteur Report
Maria Dillon, Solicitor,
Committee Member of the Employment Law Association of Ireland and Legal Representative, Mental Health Commission
“This speaker is sponsored by NUI Galway’s Millennium Fund”
4.30 – 4.45 Concluding Remarks
Dr Mary Keys, National University of Ireland Galway and Board member of the Mental Health Commission
5.00pm Close of Conference.
For other enquiries contact Lughaidh Kerin at (091) 493341 lughaidh.kerin@nuigalway.ie or Shivaun Quinlivan at (091) 493842 shivaun.quinlivan@nuigalway.ie
