Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That any child should be inappropriately placed in an adult psychiatric hospital is clearly a matter for concern. Notwithstanding that, special provision has been made every year since 2011 to extend budgets for mental health services and that has seen the opening of new beds, the creation of new primary care services and the extension of employment in the service. However, the need continues to grow at a pace that often outstrips the extra resources being provided. It is an explicit target of the HSE to eliminate this problem and it reports monthly on the progress it is making.

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