Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Over the weekend, the Psychiatric Nurses Association confirmed that 11 out of 23 beds would close until September at the Linn Dara site in Cherry Orchard. We were here five years ago. Alarm bells ring when a state-of-the-art facility such as Linn Dara, which provides an absolutely vital service for young people, cannot provide staff. If this happened five years ago, why did the HSE and the Department of Health not foresee this? It is just not acceptable, in 2022, that a facility such as Linn Dara should have to close beds. Nobody accepts that, but it has happened. Will somebody answer these questions, not just for me, but most importantly for the parents and the people who will use this facility?

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