Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Page 69 of the programme for Government states that the Government is committed to conducting an evidence-based review of the current status of implementation of international best practice in the area of mental health. This has not happened in the Bantry centre for mental health and recovery, which has a major staffing crisis. A recent report by the Mental Health Commission found that the standards at the Bantry mental health centre have significantly dropped by 10% from 2017 to 2018.

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