Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)

The Minister of State referred to the mental health services. An acute psychiatric unit was promised for Nenagh and the mental health services in north Tipperary. We do not have acute services in north Tipperary. We can go down to south Tipperary or we can go to Limerick but Limerick will not take patients because the service is over-subscribed with too many patients. We can go wherever we like but we do not have a unit. The Minister of State travelled to Letterkenny and I ask him to come to Nenagh and provide that service there.

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