Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
1571. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been referred to addiction or mental health services through accident and emergency in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [34341/21]
View answerAs this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.
