Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion

2:00 am

Manus Boyle (Fine Gael)

A lot of it has been covered. It is about how we get it right. We have the Bill coming before us. It is great to talk and get everybody's point of view but, at the end of the day, if we pass this Bill, do we have the people in place to follow it through? From what I am hearing today, we do not have the people to do the work. That is going to be a big stumbling block moving forward. Unless we get these people in place, we will be going around in circles. In fairness, Professor Sadlier said he did not know when people could be put in place. Somebody has to step up and say that this can be done, that we can put the personnel in place and that it will take whatever number of months or years. At least then we would have a way to move forward.

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