Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Having studied the reply and listened intently to the Minister of State's reply, it would have been better had she just said, "I do not know". She should have said that she does not know when there is going to be a primary day care centre for Dundalk or when the young people of north Louth are going to have CAMHS closer to their homes and in their local community. Given that the Minister of State is here just to read out the reply, it is obvious that neither the Minister, the HSE nor the Department of Health knows either. Nobody knows and that has been the mark of the frustrating process of letters, parliamentary questions, topical issue debates and all of the other methods we use to try to get information. I will be updated "as appropriate" in the period ahead. In the meantime, citizens of the Republic, particularly vulnerable young people, are denied the care they need close to where they live and the health professionals who work day and night are denied the buildings, facilities and resources they need to do their job properly. It is no accident that disadvantage in communities gives rise to additional mental health problems, particularly among young people. A short reply to the effect that "I do not know" would have saved ink and paper.

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