Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care
Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed)
1:30 pm
Dr. Kieran Moore:
I thank the Chairman for giving me the opportunity to respond. It has been said there is a lot of positive stuff ongoing. I absolutely agree. In the context of the budget figure of 6.6%, the point we really want to get across is that there is a difference between mental illness and mental health. The patients we see are really suffering and unwell, as members of the committee well know.