James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Under the programme for Government commitments were made to mental health matters and, similarly, in the confidence and supply arrangement, implementation of Vision for Change for mental health was a condition of support for the Government. In a letter released over the weekend to Deputy Howlin and me from the Mental health Commission, it is clear that the imminent closure of somewhere between all and the majority of the mental health beds in the acute unit in Waterford Regional Hospital will leave a population of almost 300,000 people with potentially not one single acute unit bed in the south-east. What is the Taoiseach going to do about meeting these commitments to support people in the south-east and mental health?

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