Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)

The Government now has the money and the opportunity. A lot of concern exists with regard to the stigmatising of mental health. One of the reasons that mental health is not prioritised is because it is not a political issue. People do not raise the issue because of the stigma that surrounds mental health. Regardless of whether it is called a campus, by putting a mental hospital beside a prison, the two will go together in the public mind. That is not acceptable. The matter should be re-examined if possible.

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