Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group

5:30 pm

Mr. Tom O'Brien:

We provided this documentation to the committee in order to assist it in the preparation of its interim report and to give the committee some sense of the situation in terms of actions and responses. Some of the responses from the HSE are still only draft responses. In terms of action 8, the Minister and the Department are working very closely with the HSE to ensure that digital texting and digital online interventions are being progressed. The Minister hopes to be able to make an announcement in October, during mental health week, on launching some of those interactive digital tools.

It does not go anywhere near what the Senator says but at least she is not waiting for the report here to be finished. There are some actions proceeding as we go through the few months ahead.