Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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I have a comment and a question for the Department of Health. I went on the interactive map of addiction services this morning before I came to the meeting. I found it a bit clunky. It is probably still a work in progress, and I am not the best when it comes to IT. There is duplication of some services. I would bring that to the Department's attention.

I had a particular look at residential services. To my surprise, Keltoi was listed as a residential service on the map. As we know, and as Deputy Gould just mentioned, it has not been open for four years. We had debates with the Ministers of State at the Department of Health, Deputies Feighan and Hildegarde Naughton. They both gave commitments that they were going to reopen it. From listening to the interaction between the HSE and Deputy Gould, the buck seems to be stopping with the Department of Health in the context of why it has not reopened. Will the Department comment on that? Is it because the Department did not get the resources from the Government or did the Department prioritise resources elsewhere? I am seeking to discover the reason money has not been prioritised for Keltoi.