Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 March 2022

Public Accounts Committee

Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Mr. Jim Curran:

In regard to Portlaoise, we recognise the inadequacy of the accommodation and we are doing works on the facility there at the moment to bring it up to a safe standard for the future. On the Deputy's general point about facilities, whether on the acute mental health side or in regard to admission units, a number of facilities need to be replaced. They are included in the capital programme but it takes time to deliver them. We are going from a-----