Maura Hopkins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for her response. She will understand how frustrated I am. I do not rest assured. We had a meeting last night with the Minister of State, Deputy Daly. There was no HSE management at the meeting on the Rosalie unit in Castlerea. I have absolutely no faith in HSE management of mental health services in County Roscommon.

The Minister of State mentioned action plans. We know the 27 recommendations of the report. I was at a meeting last Friday with the chief health officer, Tony Canavan, about the report. We were told an action plan has been developed. I would like to see a little bit of action from that action plan. I acknowledge there has been work on the garden. What about basic hand hygiene? What about broken handles on lockers and windows? What about food safety? What about mandatory training? What about staffing? They are all very serious issues. The response I got last Friday on mental health services in County Roscommon overall is not at all positive. We have absolutely no clear pathway to improve services in the county. The only words that were used at that meeting last Friday were about closures of day centres and hostels and the serious concerns that have been raised here. A strong focus from the Minister and Ministers of State in the Department of Health would ensure we improve things because we need to. Our people in Roscommon deserve better than this.