Written answers
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Department of Health
Mental Health Services
Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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202. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports that patients suffering from acute psychiatric illness have had to wait on trolleys for a number of days in the overcrowded emergency department of Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; the immediate action that is being taken to ensure that this situation does not happen again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26510/15]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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As this is a service issue this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply with 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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203. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no out-of-hours assessment unit in the Ashlin Centre at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; his views on the fact that as a result of this, psychiatric patients have to be treated in the emergency department; the steps that are being taken to ensure that an out-of-hours unit is opened as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26511/15]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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As this is a service issue this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply with 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
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