Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 September 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021

9:30 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have raised the issue of Bantry and about the Mental Health Commission. I understand that we have had to reduce numbers in some other facilities, for instance, in Millfield House. We have moved people into Garnish House on Western Road. That is not the ideal setting. It is not a planned setting but it was put in place because we needed to reduce numbers in Millfield House. Where are we now in relation to dealing with residents who were in Millfield House and likewise in other facilities where we have had to reduce numbers? Where are we in respect of long-term planning, dealing with the increased demand and, at the same time, trying to deal with the people who already are availing of the facilities?

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