Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

Mental Health Services in Prisons and Detention Centres: Discussion

1:40 pm

Photo of Joan FreemanJoan Freeman (Independent) | Oireachtas source

We have discovered some consequences where there is a lack of beds. For example, in Deputy Browne's constituency, there are no child beds in the CAMHS unit Wexford, and there are also none in Waterford. It was suggested that there could be a day programme. Could that work with some of the prisoners who are mentally unwell? Would it be more economical and make more sense to do that, especially in light of the waiting lists?

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