Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

A Vision for Change: Update from Health Service Executive

10:00 am

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I suppose the reason for my line of questioning is that it is an issue in the west. Initially, some people present with an addiction and an underlying or established mental health problem.

In 2014, St. Brigid's Hospital in Galway was closed. Since then, we are operating out of a 45-bed unit in an out-dated excess-capacity hospital in Galway that is not fit for purpose. Is there a capital budget for expansion or reopening of beds?

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