Bernard J. Durkan
Question:153 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 2 December 2008 and the inconclusive reply thereto in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, previously a patient of the psychiatric services in County Kildare at Dunshane Camphill, County Kildare who was referred to the UK as part of their treatment programme, had a breakdown, was charged and imprisoned in Derby, UK, and who it appears is due to be released on 12 December 2008, into whose custody it is not clear, but in view of the care and responsibilities to an Irish citizen who was referred outside the State by the State for specific treatment, if it is intended to contact the prison authorities or the other relevant Government Departments with specific responsibilities in this area with a view to ensuring that this former patient of the health services here is facilitated by way of adequate arrangements to ensure that from the moment of their release they will receive adequate care, supervision and protection and return here forthwith; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45566/08]
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