Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The national implementation and monitoring committee specialist group on women's mental health was established by my Department in August last year at the request of the national steering committee. The purpose of this specialist group is to advise the committee on implementation of the following recommendation from the Sharing the Vision implementation plan :

The Department of Health Women’s Health Taskforce and the National Implementation Monitoring Committee will undertake a joint project within 12 months to outline an effective approach to the mental health of women and girls. The project should ensure that mental health priorities and services are gender-sensitive and that women’s mental health is specifically and sufficiently addressed in the implementation of policy.

That is the approach that is being taken. We have ongoing implementation of Sharing the Vision and we now have a very substantial piece of work under way looking at women's mental health within that. I imagine the national approach will be adjusted, updated and improved accordingly. I will get a note for the Deputy on her final question on the service users.

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