Mental Health Services
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-21
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Mary Butler (FF), Waterford

The question the Deputy asked was about the HSE capital plan for Waterford and the south east in relation to mental health and mental health beds. I can speak to that. In relation to the other issues the Deputy mentioned, I do not have the relevant information but I discussed it when I had the meeting with HSE estates. On the two-storey vertical extension, the vertical overhang as it is called, my understanding is that the management at the hospital has made a different decision in relation to that and thinks that it should be a stand-alone building on the hospital grounds. I understand the new consultant-only contract is the reason for that.
I was delighted to secure funding for a ten-bed unit in the Wexford area. As the Deputy knows, since St. Loman's closed in 2010 or 2011, we have been getting patients from the Wexford area, which was a long journey for them. We are also looking at putting in a new ten- or 12-bed unit in Wexford.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-21