Deer Lodge mental health unit
Deputy Healy-Rae asked when the completed Deer Lodge mental health unit in Killarney would open. The Chair said it was a parliamentary question matter, and the Tánaiste said the Minister of State would revert to him.
Deer Lodge, a 40-bed unit in Killarney to treat mental health patients, was completed in June 2015. The HSE promised before Christmas that it would open this year.
Comment on this
That is a parliamentary question issue and is not appropriate to the Order of Business. It could be raised as a Topical Issue.
Comment on this
It was in the programme for Government that this facility would open. Is the Government responsible for health or not? The HSE promised that it would open this year. Last week, The Kerryman reported that it will not open this year. Where is the funding going for health or what is happening at all? If this 40-bed unit is not opened this year, will it be knocked down? Will it be sold? What will be done with it?
