Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion

9:30 am

Dr. Laura O'Philbin:

We are coming from a low base of dementia services and dementia funding in Ireland. It has increased in recent years and we have had great engagement. The National Dementia Office came around with the national dementia strategy and it has been doing incredible work on this. The desire is there to have a register. As I said, there was a position going into the National Dementia Services but it is our understanding that it has been paused due to the HSE hiring freeze, which is unfortunate.