Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My view is that we should utilise non-governmental organisations in the mental health area and in the addiction services area. Over the past number of years, when I was actively pursuing mental health issues, one of the difficulties was in recruiting psychiatrists and psychologists to various mental health teams throughout the country. I pressed various Ministers to try to work with high-quality non-governmental organisations that could, perhaps, support and complement the work of the public mental health services. I am very keen to work with non-governmental organisations, both on the addiction side and in the area of mental health, to help them in an integrated way.

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