Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As announced last week, we will be initiating €35 million of new developments. As the Deputy points out we have not spent all of our funding, nor have we been able to spend it. In anticipating that we would not be able to spend it all in one year, we have decided that we will initiate €15 million of the €35 million to begin the development. All €35 million will be in the base next year but the focus this year is on the €50 million to further develop services at Portrane. It will take five years to commit fully to the pledge we gave but there is no sugar-coating here. We are initiating €35 million of developments and, overall, we will be spending €74.7 million more on mental health next year than we are spending this year.

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