Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I would put it that it was a failure. The hospital in Galway is in serious trouble. The psychiatric unit is in serious trouble. The Mental Health Commission visited the facility recently, as it does every year, and highlighted huge inadequacies such as the lack of privacy and of care plans.

These are all listed out. The new building was to come on stream but times have changed. It was to be done by the end of April this year but it has not been done. I am going to try to move off the particular in a moment, but there is evidence of extraordinary inadequacy. We have moved on from the accident and emergency service, which was inadequate, to the hospital itself.

Saolta and the clinical director have given a document to the Minister. Is Mr. O'Brien aware of that?