Irish Lunatic Asylums for the Poor Act 1817

Irish Lunatic Asylums for the Poor Act 1817

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act to provide for the Establishment of Asylums for the Lunatic Poor in Ireland.
Citation	57 Geo. 3. c. 106
Dates
Royal assent	11 July 1817
Other legislation
Repealed by	Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821 1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 33
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Irish Lunatic Asylums for the Poor Act 1817 was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It made Ireland the first nation in the world to require a national system of publicly funded asylums (which were a major source of wealth for the economy and a large provider of jobs in many towns), before this expanded to the rest of the United Kingdom. ^{[1] [2]} It also constituted the first time that a national bureaucratic system had been established by colonial social welfare policy ^[1] It led to the creation of a provincial asylum in each province. ^[3]

Background

The Report of the Select Committee to Consider the State of the Lunatic Poor in Ireland (1817) was the main influence toward the creation and subsequent passing of the bill. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Power, Andrew (2016). Landscapes of Care: Comparative Perspectives on Family Caregiving. Routledge. p. 123. ISBN   1317108108.
2. Power, Andrew; E Lord, Janet; S DeFranco, Allison (2013). Active Citizenship and Disability: Implementing the Personalisation of Support. Cambridge University Press. p. 346. ISBN   1107029910.
3. Brown, Tim; J. Andrews, Gavin; Cummins, Steven; Greenhough, Beth; Lewis, Daniel; Power; Andrew (2017). Health Geographies: A Critical Introduction. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 116. ISBN   1118739027.