James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

There are still 23 men and 23 women sharing open wards with a block of three toilets, one shower and one bathroom. This is a disgrace in modern Ireland. Why has the 60-bedded unit at St. Ita's sat idle for the past seven months while intellectually disabled people live with paint peeling off the walls and the dirty conditions I described?

What percentage of child and adult community mental health teams are not fully staffed? The Minister of State should have that information.

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