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them. We need to do more because the national survey from the Office of the Inspector of Mental Health Services has found that international best practice is not available in most emergency departments in Ireland. I can honestly say we do not have enough facilities in Kerry … young boy who was threatening to commit suicide. His father had done it five or six years before that. They were up day and night with him. They had him in a certain hospital at this time and the hospital was letting him go home. They were dreading

exposed place during the Covid crisis. One of the real angers people throughout the country have at the moment is that most Governments internationally have had fully public inquiries with the powers to compel people and papers. This Government did not do that. It resisted … oversee the clinical decisions in nursing homes. If the Minister is seeking to really update the legislation in terms of protecting older people, can I urge the Minister to give somebody the opportunity to regulate and oversee the clinical decisions made in nursing homes? The ombudsman for older

community organisations, including organisations like Pieta House, HUGG and SOS, by €1.7 million, recognising the vital role they play on the ground every day. We are creating a new crisis response pathway for children and young people. This includes 19 new specialist CAMHS doctors to cover emergencies … Staff also help link each person with the right follow-up care. The programme is run by teams of specialist mental health nurses and it is now in place in all 26 emergency departments across the country, including every model 3 hospital, with approximately 50 staff involved