Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion

10:00 am

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

I represent the Galway east area, which extends from Portumna to Headford and from the bridge in Banagher to Kinvara. That is the area I will focus on. While I appreciate that the CHO 2 area covers all of counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, I will focus on my area when presenting my views on this issue. Mr. Canavan has said there are 25 community teams. How many additional community teams would be needed to have the full allocation?

Mr. Canavan also said that CAMHS beds have to service an area from Donegal all the way to Galway, Roscommon and Mayo. Is that correct? If so, does it include Sligo as well? How many counties are the CAMHS beds in Galway for? How many CAMHS beds do we have in Galway? Are there plans to expand the number of CAMHS beds in Galway? Are there plans to expand the number of CAMHS beds throughout all the other counties I have mentioned?

I do not see Youth Work Ireland Galway on the list of section 39 organisations that has been submitted to us. Maybe Mr. Canavan can clarify for me whether it is on the list. If not, will it be on it?

Will Mr. Canavan revisit the capital projects he named so that we can get a clear outline of what is planned and the time schedules involved? I did not hear him mention Toghermore House. What is the status of Toghermore House?

I have a specific question for Mr. Gogarty. I have been looking through the accounts. Will he explain the expenditure of €7.9 million on dental? What exactly does that cover? The nursing bill came in at €20.3 million. I am trying to understand why €7.9 million was spent on dental and €20.3 million was spent on nursing.

I will come back in after Mr. Canavan and Mr. Gogarty have answered those questions.

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