Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We are still dealing with serious issues of mental health and the difficulties experienced by people in accessing mental health services, particularly through accident and emergency departments. We have seen the queues of people in Beaumont Hospital recently. The hospital had to turn people away and ask them to go to other hospitals. There is a major shortage of front-line personnel, including psychiatrists and nurses, in our hospitals. Blanchardstown hospital is another where there is a major shortage of personnel.

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