Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2026-01-29
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Teresa Costello (FF), Agricultural Panel

It has to be done the right way. I liked the Senator's story about people going to sing, but maybe if they reached out to the Minister of State and the Departments, they could be talked through how to acquire funding. Unless they were refused funding, then we could look at why they were refused funding.
I commend the amount of money being put into Jigsaw. Yesterday, Jigsaw appeared before us at the health committee. What an organisation. There are very short waiting times to get an appointment with Jigsaw. When I was a local councillor and people came to me, Jigsaw became the default organisation that I would send them to. There were people whose children were in dire straits. Jigsaw would have somebody ready to talk with them, definitely within the two-week mark. Through Covid, it was doing that online. It is great to see funding going into an organisation like that. We can see the work. I do not think anyone would disagree with me when I say that Jigsaw is doing a great job.

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