PQ 2091
2091. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether approval and funding will be provided for additional social work, occupational therapy, psychology and community mental health nursing posts in Psychiatry of Later Life teams, in areas where no such posts are currently approved or where approved posts fall below the staffing levels recommended in the HSE Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People Model of Care; if she will provide, by HSE health region and integrated healthcare area, the current approved and filled posts in each of these disciplines, the number of additional posts required to meet the model of care benchmark, and the timeline for approving and filling those posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42628/26]
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2091. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether approval and funding will be provided for additional social work, occupational therapy, psychology and community mental health nursing posts in Psychiatry of Later Life teams, in areas where no such posts are currently approved or where approved posts fall below the staffing levels recommended in the HSE Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People Model of Care; if she will provide, by HSE health region and integrated healthcare area, the current approved and filled posts in each of these disciplines, the number of additional posts required to meet the model of care benchmark, and the timeline for approving and filling those posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42628/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-06-09/2091/
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