Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

Deficiencies in Mental Health Services: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. John Saunders:

That was another issue I wished to address. Over many years we have witnessed change such the closure of large institutions and improvements at local level. That change is inconsistent. That is the point of the discussion today. We cannot see consistent, timely and continual change year on year. There are changes here and there and improvements and disimprovements over time. That is because of the localised nature of provision in Ireland. We do not have a co-ordinated national drive to improve services across all counties in Ireland. On Senator-----