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Tue 06 Jun 2007Detainee in CMH challenges refusal of disability benefitA man with a schizophrenic disorder, who has been detained in the Central Mental Hospital for almost three years after being found guilty but insane on an assault charge, has brought a High Court challenge to the constitutionality of social welfare laws under which he has been refused disability benefit.The court was told yesterday that the man was refused disability benefit by the Department of Social Welfare on grounds that he is being detained "in legal custody" under the Social Welfare Consolidation Act, 2005.