Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 February 2022

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:30 am

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the members for supporting my proposal. As others said, we are continuously told that money is no object, and yet it is not transferring down into the delivery of services. Regarding the massive budget we are told is there, we must find out, not only from the perspective of service provision but also that of the public purse, where the money is going and why it is not delivering services on the ground. The crisis in mental health is increasing weekly. It is imperative to have representatives from the HSE appear before the committee. As Deputy Carthy suggested, we could have a private meeting ourselves to set out what exactly we need to know. The general topics, however, would include the budget, a breakdown of it and information on the delivery of services, including details of service provision in each CHO area. We will need all that type of information. It will be a minefield, but despite the amount of money we are told is being thrown at the mental health services, not one person could honestly put up his or her hand and say that he or she can see the results on the ground.

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