Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

A Vision for Change, which was a ten-year strategy, expired in January of last year. I, and other Deputies, have repeatedly been asking when the review in this regard will be published. When I raised this issue on 5 April, I was told that publication of the review was imminent, but it still has not been published. Equally important, I was told that the oversight committee was being re-established and it would be in place from 17 May. Has the review been published and is the oversight committee in place, given the importance of mental health issues and that issue has been raised by every Member of the Dáil, and in light of the front page headlines in Galway every week for the past three weeks in regard to suicidal patients being refused entry into the psychiatric services?

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