Eileen Flynn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. She is here on behalf of Deputy Butler. She said individuals have sat on that advisory group but it is not even a permanent structure. In the programme for Government we were promised a stand-alone mental health strategy. Unfortunately, we have not gotten the answers we needed today. I am not doing this for Eileen Flynn; I am doing this on behalf of the National Traveller Mental Health Network. When are the Government and the Minister going to honour what they committed to in the programme for Government? There is no end in sight for the mental health crisis within our community. Surely there needs to be accountability for the lack of action while members of our community die by suicide on a daily basis. Unfortunately, there is no satisfaction to be had from the Minister of State's reply to our community here today. It is really sad. There is no accountability for the actions promised in the programme for Government. It is not the Minister of State's fault; it is the lack of political will within the Department.