Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As our health system improves and as the population ages, dementia is a growing problem. Given the need to deal with patients with dementia who can no longer live at home, are there plans to develop specific dementia services within our health services? People with chronic psychiatric illness are often housed or accommodated along with people with dementing illness. There can often be difficulty in managing those two groups. Are there any moves to provide specific dementia services within our psychiatric services?