Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
Joint Committee On Health
General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Vanessa Hetherington:
The 5.5% is a percentage of our total funding for health, which is about €1.4 billion. It is a very small percentage. A Vision for Change recommended 10%. As members will have seen, a much higher percentage of the funding goes towards mental health services in other countries.