Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is an urgent need to address those vacancies and I encourage the Minister of State at the earliest opportunity to meet the demand that exists. I encourage her to review the workforce plan in respect of the overall demand for the services and ensure those teams are filled as full as possible and that there are not vacancies. We are talking about psychology here. I expect it might not be to the same extent but there might be a similar picture in other grades as well. Is social prescribing being explored as a priority for the Department, the Minister or the HSE as an option as a matter of priority for our mental health services?

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