Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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681. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the expenditure in Budget 2023, in which funding for counselling psychology training has been provided, the amount of funding that will be allocated to same; the areas in which it will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48431/22]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The total allocation for mental health services in 2023 is over €1.2 billion, which is another record budget for mental health services.This significant investment will enable implementation of many of the short and medium-term measures in our national mental health policy, Sharing the Vision, enhancing the provision of mental health supports across a broad continuum from mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention, to acute and specialist mental health service delivery, and enabling us to continue to deliver our vital services to as many people as possible, as we move into 2023.

As occurs each year following the Budget, discussions will now take place with the HSE on details relating to specific service initiatives in the context of preparing the HSE Service Plan 2023, including that for Mental Health.