Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group

5:30 pm

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

I do not know why that has not happened. I appreciate everything Mr. Kane has said. As I said, a clear blue light has appeared but it is a pity the committee and the oversight group are not working in tandem. While we are very different, we should be feeding back from our stakeholders. The Psychiatric Nurses Association, the Irish Prison Service and service users have appeared before us.

The committee is doing good work but the oversight group is not seeing any of that other than what it sees in the reports we produce. While the group is beginning to meet stakeholders is it possible that we could marry the stakeholders together to ensure outcomes? We work best when we are working together. How does Mr. Kane think we can support this process going forward, and how can we enable the group's outcomes for the next number of months while this committee is in place?

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