Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy said, the day service is open. My understanding is that the submission we received was not sufficient at the time to enhance the residential element of the service. That is still being worked on, as I said, between social inclusion, the HSE and the Department of Health. I expect the mental health unit within the Department to take the lead on this. We are driving it on. That is where it should sit. We are working in partnership with social inclusion and with CHO 9. I am delighted that there will be €1.3 million in recurring funding for dual diagnosis. Ten posts will be filled this year. A dual diagnosis team is not like an eating disorders team. It does not need as many posts and the teams can be set up much more quickly. Having the ten whole-time equivalents in place certainly will enhance what we have. We are keeping a really close eye on the Keltoi service because it is an area on which we want to see progress. We have a premises and co-operation from all the different services and stakeholders. We will move on it as soon as we are ready to do so.

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