Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government commitment is to implement A Vision for Change and to improve mental health services in Ireland. That is a commitment we will honour. As the Deputy knows, the budget for mental health in 2018 will be €912 million. That will help to bring us further towards implementing A Vision for Change. That is an increase from €853 million this year, €822 million the previous year, €791 million in the year before that, and €711 million when the party I lead came to office. That is a 25% increase in a relatively short number of years.

Data anomalies and data collection are not matters for the programme for Government or legislation. I encourage the Deputy to raise that matter with the Minister for Health.

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