Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Joint Committee On Health
General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. John Farrelly:
I would make one final point about this Bill that should not be forgotten. The expansion into community services over the next ten years is key. We need to do that in Ireland. Children are going into units, being detained, being at risk and all these things are happening because we do not have early intervention services in place 24-7. I am not sure everyone realises how much work we have to do. I like this Bill because it sets out that we will be regulating community services and over the next ten years will put them in place to stop this constant sharp edge of people being admitted into units.
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