Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As far as I understand, people can be seen in the community and from there be referred to the specialist centre in Waterford if that is what is best for them.

It is worth pointing out, and I hope this will not be taken up wrong, that there are such things as psychiatric emergencies. Provision can be made, using either emergency ambulances or intermediate care vehicles to transfer patients to the right units in emergencies. That is done for all other types of illness and it can be, and is, done in mental health cases as well.

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