Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses to the committee. I thank Mr. John Farrelly from the Mental Health Commission for his very candid and upfront appraisal of what is going on in mental health service by saying that it is not fit for purpose and is out of date. I agree 100%. We can have no half measures with mental health provision, especially as the Covid pandemic has only increased pressures on already under-resourced mental health services which were already there. Does the HSE agree with Mr. Farrelly's appraisal?