Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My question relates to an individual, whose details I have kept private, who received totally inadequate hospital care when he presented at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital with what will describe as a severe mental health crisis some time ago. The Minister has the details which were supplied with the question. The question has been tabled to initiate a discussion on that specific case but also on the general point of what happens when someone presents for medical help to their doctor or hospital. What services are there for a person in a mental health crisis?

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