Seanad debates
Thursday, 7 November 2002
Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals, 2001: Statements.
In his opening statement, the Minister of State referred to the standard of accommodation provided for patients in old style mental hospitals. The inspector's report was also very critical of some of the residential units established in recent years. He condemned the condition of a community residence for psychiatric patients in my home town, Longford, as "distressing and unsatisfactory" as patients were forced to live in neglected premises. Does the Minister of State consider this good enough for very vulnerable people in society? It is not good enough and this type of neglect should be eliminated once and for all.
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