Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that the Mental Health Commission undertake a catchment area report for County Louth. [50437/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Mental Health Commission customarily conducts an overview of national mental health services in Ireland. The Inspector of Mental Health Services analyses each of the Community Health Organisations and produces her findings in a report. This includes Community Health Organisation 8, in which Co. Louth is based.

The most recent Overview of Mental Health Services Report was 2016. This report gives a breakdown of the population, funding, in-patient facilities, Child and Adoloscent Mental Health Services, 24-hour supervised residences, service user initiatives and challenges facing the area.

In addition, the Mental Health Commission is required under the Mental Health Act 2001 to inspect all approved mental health centres in Ireland. There are two approved centres in Louth - Drogheda Department of Psychiatry, Drogheda and St Ita's Ward, St. Brigid's Hospital, Ardee. The Inspectorate has published inspection reports on both of these approved centres and these are available on the MHC website.