Erin McGreehan (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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234. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for capital investment to support the expansion of mental health services in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23650/25]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Last month I announced a significant €31 million capital investment for mental health in 2025, the largest ever one-year allocation for mental health infrastructure. It forms part of the government’s broader commitment to delivering modern, fit-for-purpose mental health facilities, and it will ensure the development of facilities so that patients can access high-quality services in communities across Ireland.

Ongoing investment will allow us to continue to upgrade and develop new vital infrastructure, which in turn will ensure people experiencing mental ill-health can access services in safe, therapeutic and recovery-focused environments.

A range of projects in acute mental health, community services and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and specialist services such as Eating Disorders, are being progressed in 2025. Full details are available in the Health Capital Plan 2025. These include:

• major redevelopment of Adult Acute and Psychiatry of Later Life Units across the country
• continued progress on facilities for CAMHS and community mental health services, within the provision of Primary Care Centres
• ensuring the new Specialist Eating Disorders Hub at Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin is commissioned and begins service
• beginning the necessary feasibility and preparatory studies for Ireland’s first Mother & Baby Perinatal Mental Health Unit to be co-located with the new National Maternity Hospital