Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for the attempted answer. I am disappointed. I asked a very specific question on a specific site in Dangan in Galway. If the local official is able to say on radio yesterday that it is gone, surely the Minister of State knows. I ask him to give me an update on whether that site is gone and is no longer viable.

The bigger point is that an integral part of A Vision for Change, originally for 2006 to 2016 and now reviewed, is the community mental health team. In Galway city, Connemara and the islands - with approximately 100,000 people - we do not have a single community mental health team base out in the community. That is extraordinary. Galway will become the European Capital of Culture in 2020. It has two third level institutions and three hospitals, two private, but no community mental health team base. How can the Minister of State stand over that? I know he will say it comes back to the HSE.

What role does the Government have in ensuring that HSE west carries out its duty and will the Government provide sufficient funding for it to do that?

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