Seanad debates

Thursday, 20 November 2014

Adjournment Matters

Mental Health Services Provision

1:10 pm

Photo of Thomas ByrneThomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is fair enough.

I wish to raise the matter of the inpatient and acute psychiatric service in Navan. I understand there are plans to close the inpatient service in the new year. When a new unit opened in Drogheda, we all very much welcomed it. The more we can do for people with psychiatric conditions, the better. There are too many people dying as a result of diseases of the mind. We were told the service in Navan would not be affected but it now appears that the inpatient service is to be shut. This will be a huge loss. Suicide awareness and prevention groups are telling us that people may die as a result of the decision. I would like to hear the Government justify the decision to close the inpatient acute service in Navan, if it has been made.

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