Tom Shehan (Fine Gael)

We need a half-day or a full-day debate on mental health services. In February 2011 there was a national recruitment campaign for mental health CNM2-grade positions. Interviews were carried out for a week with approximately 400 to 500 people placed on 11 panels for the delivery of mental health services. My information is that nobody from outside the Dublin area has been recruited from those panels. People were put on panels for each HSE area in the country but the only people recruited have been in Dublin. I am led to believe that it is a sweetheart deal between unions and the HSE. We need an open debate-----