Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 December 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission
Mr. John Farrelly:
It is approximately 800 and, therefore, the idea is to plan nationally to make sure people get a place that would be suitable for them for their lives. People are older. National capital investment in that is a reasonable thing to do. However, we cannot stop the HSE or anyone closing approved centres. I definitely think if there was a capital plan, there are some very good people out there such as the Housing Association for Integrated Living, HAIL. There are different things. We really need to think about where people are going before they are discharged and we are looking to put them somewhere. That is a reasonable point.
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