Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Joint Committee On Health
General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Mental Health Commission
Mr. John Farrelly:
I will give a brief response to the question with regard to resources and then ask my colleagues to respond on the issue of regulation. In terms of our business plan for this year, we have been planning for an independent review of our structure in terms of the regulation of mental health services. I would expect to have that report in place by the end of the year, which will set out the structure and the staff we would need to regulate community services and community houses. I would also expect to have a budget in terms of what would be required to do that. It is an independent report. We hope to give that to the Department in time. We have a provisional budget in the estimates should things happen quickly. In that situation, we would be able to tell the Department the number of staff required.
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