Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I accept a considerable amount of what the Minister of State said. There is a significant issue in terms of getting a certain cohort committed in the first place. What will be the solution? Others and I have been dealing with people who need care and, because they were not making a direct threat to themselves or others, even following an arrest by gardaí who thought they needed to be detained and put in a mental health facility, the GPs were not willing to sign. They believed they could not sign unless there was an imminent threat. These people are causing a huge amount of harm to themselves, which everyone can see.

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