John Gilroy (Labour)
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I welcome Ollie and Amy, and Róisín and Mark. They have my deepest and profound sympathy. I also welcome Sheila O'Connor and Cathriona Molloy from Patient Focus. It is terribly important that they are here today because while the HIQA report makes for powerful reading, the testimony we have heard gives an insight that nothing else could achieve. I salute them for that.

Ms O'Connor said that Patient Focus has four staff and is funded by the HSE. There seems to be a rather compelling case now that Patient Focus should not be funded by the HSE, but should have some independent funding.

Did Ms O'Connor say it was her understanding that funding towards advocacy in mental health services has been reduced?