Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to move on to eating disorders. Another response I received from the HSE to a parliamentary question said there is no additional funding for eating disorders in the National Service Plan 2023. I find this to be absolutely horrendous. We heard all the way through the Covid-19 pandemic about its impact on people who have eating disorders. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric diagnosis. We currently have only three adult inpatient public beds in the country. I just do not understand this. Does the HSE think it is acceptable to not have new funding in 2023 for such a serious issue?