Mental health services
Deputy Adams asks when the Government will deliver its mental-health commitments, including ring-fenced funding and improved services; brief interruptions and an apology from the Minister follow.
On the provision for mental health services, the programme for Government commits to ensure early access to more appropriate services for adults and children and improved integration with primary care services. In respect of A Vision for Change, in the programme for Government, the Government commits to ring-fence €35 million from within the health budget to develop the mental health teams and services. I know from my own business and from my constituency that there is a dearth of proper provision for people who are suffering with mental health problems. Can the Taoiseach indicate the timeframe for the full implementation of A Vision for Change?
On the crisis in housing, the programme for Government commits to a staged purchase scheme to increase the stock of social housing. In 2013-----
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My apologies, a Cheann Comhairle.
