Seanad debates

Thursday, 7 November 2002

Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals, 2001: Statements.

 

I refer to the inspector's report and the Minister of State's statement because they present a problem for me and the Mid-Western and South Eastern Health Boards. As the Minister of State knows, there are no acute mental health services for north Tipperary. The Government has proposed the building of an acute unit at Nenagh General Hospital which is going through the various stages. The Minister of State was present at the health board meeting earlier this year when management expressed disappointment that only somewhere in the region of €50,000 has been allocated to advance the programme further. The inspector recommended that services for north Tipperary be provided in Limerick and those for the remainder of the constituency be provided in Clonmel in the South Eastern Health Board area as at present. The difficulty that creates is that the South Eastern Health Board is short of accommodation as is the case in Limerick. I ask the Minister of State to look at that matter.

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