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. Hugh Kane:

The Deputy mentioned the gaps in access and we are looking at such matters. It is interesting as one of the pieces of work we commissioned was an examination of A Vision for Change to see what has been implemented, even partially, and what is still relevant. We thought it was a fairly fundamental starting point for our work and it is something we have just completed that will be helpful. All of us on the committee are interested in trying to make a difference and do something. It is why we do this. No more than the members, we get a bit frustrated and we want action for many reasons.