Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2026-04-16
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Victor Boyhan (IND), Agricultural Panel

I note the Minister of State is concerned about capacity; she issued a press release from the Government Information Service which I have in front of me, "The Minister for Mental Health ... announced ... the recruitment of six new Suicide Crisis Assessment Nurse teams for primary care..." That is in the context that an "unprecedented 300 additional mental health staff will be recruited in 2026". I look forward to that recruitment. It was issued by the Government press office. It is related. It is not as many as we would like but it is going in the right direction.

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