Jimmy Devins (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fianna Fail)

The initiatives outlined above, such as the commitment to the development of a national rehabilitation strategy, the investment in neurosurgery in Beaumont Hospital, as well as those outlined previously by the Minister, Deputy Harney, are examples of the steps this Government is taking to improving rehabilitative care.

With the establishment of the office for disability and mental health and my appointment as Minister of State with responsibility for disability and mental health, this Government has put in place the structures which will help to provide these much-needed services in the most efficient and effective way.

I take this opportunity to encourage the organisations that do so much good work in the area of brain injury to consider ways in which they can work together in order to provide an even better service for their clients.

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