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. John Hillery:

-----but they know they will have a better quality of life. They know that if they are rostered to work from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., it would be very unusual for them to still be there at 7 p.m. that evening because someone else will come and take over. They know if they are rostered to work overnight from 10 p.m. to 9 a.m., they will be going home at 9 a.m. and will not still be there at 11 a.m., as we see in our hospitals. It is by word of mouth. It is not a very-----