Health Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 April 2023

Tuesday, 25 April 2023

Questions (602)

Neasa Hourigan

Question:

602. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reasons the Mental Health Commission has declined a request from the Oireachtas Health Committee to comment on the provision of community residential mental health placement serving the combined HSE catchments of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams with respect to allocations set out in A Vision for Change when the Mental Health Commission reviewed such services nationally in 2019 and benchmarked those provisions against A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19464/23]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Health

The Minister would like to remind the Deputy that the Mental Health Commission is an independent regulator established under the Mental Health Act 2001. The Commission has statutory responsibility for supporting and assisting in the development and improvement of mental health services. My Department directed this query to the Mental Health Commission and the following is their response: "The MHC did reply to this request on 11 November 2022 at which time it was stated this is a matter for the HSE as the MHC has no statutory remit to set targets for service provision."