Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2024-04-24
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Holly Cairns (SD), Cork South-West

-----but we are missing the target in that area too. Some 16 treatment hubs should have been opened by 2023. Treatment remains a postcode lottery. It is not just adult services that are at breaking point but also those for adolescents. In some areas, 45% of beds are empty. According to the Psychiatric Nurses Association, the HSE's recruitment embargo is the reason for that. There are simply not enough staff for them. Is it the Government's plan to lift that embargo to address this issue?
To go back to what I actually asked the Taoiseach about, more desperate than that situation is the issue with inpatient beds for adults.
The Taoiseach acknowledged that we need them, but no funding has been allocated. Will he tell us when funding will be allocated and when we will see the delivery of those 20 inpatient beds for eating disorders?

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