Mental Health Services
Dail Éireann — 2022-12-08
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Mark Ward (SF), Dublin Mid-West

I am extremely troubled to find out that the concerns escalated by the Mental Health Commission to the HSE have not been conveyed to the Minister of State. This is extremely worrying. We are having these reviews because 240 children were placed at risk of significant harm and 46 children and young people experienced significant harm, including weight gain, sedation, elevated blood pressure and the production of breast milk. It is worrying and troublesome that the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health has not been given the information the Mental Health Commission provided to the HSE. The word "escalated" sounds worrying. The Mental Health Commission escalated this to the HSE but the HSE has not escalated this to the Minister of State. Will the Minister of State look into this to find out why she has not been given this information?

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Sitting date: 2022-12-08