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 Pat BuckleyPat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

While I thank Mr. Kane for the answer, it worries me. I am not trying to be disrespectful. The oversight group and the committee are trying to predict and plan for the future. We can predict that in the next five years there will be a massive shortage of staff. In five years, we will ask how did it come to this and how can it be addressed. Can we not nip this in the bud? Can we investing in GPs and primary care now in order that in five years we may not have to provide for a crisis in secondary or acute care?

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