Mental Health Services
Dail Éireann — 2026-05-20
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Aengus Ó Snodaigh (SF), Dublin South-Central

As a TD in Dublin South-Central where Linn Dara is based I welcome the fact it is going to open but it is not additionality. This is something that was closed in 2018 and 2022. It was supposed to be for three or four months. Here we are how many years later? It is four years later and the Minister of State says it is an expanded service. It is not expanded - it is a reinstatement of service. If it was expanded, the Minister of State would be announcing 20 extra beds in Linn Dara or she would announce the capacity would increase based on St. Vincent’s. That is not the case.

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Sitting date: 2026-05-20