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

On a general point, I am informed that Galway-Roscommon mental health services have a per capita spend of €191, compared to a national average of €160. In addition, Galway-Roscommon mental health services have been successful in securing 58 additional new staff posts using development funding since 2012. Of these 58 new posts, a total of 45 are now in place and a further 13 posts are at various stages of recruitment. The make-up of these posts includes consultants in the areas of general adult psychiatry, psychiatry of later life, rehabilitation and recovery, as well as occupational therapists, community mental health nurses, social workers and psychologists. As Deputies can see, there has been a significant increase in staff, and there are more to come.

Deputy Boyd Barrett raised issues relating to child and adolescent mental health services in Dún Laoghaire. The Topical Issue matter Deputy Boyd Barrett submitted relates only to Galway and Roscommon services.

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