Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Dr. Brendan McCormack:

We will provide that to the committee. The Senator also raised mental health and intellectual disability. Here we are referring to the development of a new service which is being driven nationally. A national steering group was set up under the mental health division. Resources have been provided for the last three to four years with a view to establishing community based teams for each catchment area for people with intellectual disabilities. Until now, such services have been provided on an ad hoc, somewhat haphazard basis and have been provided mainly by the voluntary agencies.

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