Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
Joint Committee On Health
General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Vanessa Hetherington:
I want to address the question on the financing of mental health services. Our health services did receive an increase in funding because of Covid but mental health services did not receive any increase directly related to Covid. Therefore, the proportion of funding has fallen substantially. We know the demand on our mental health services will increase because of Covid and that our population is expanding and ageing, so there are huge demands. Despite this, our pot for mental health services is very much shrinking.
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