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12/06/2012
Kenny Pledges to Make Mental Health Care A Priority
At the launch of a suicide bereavement centre yesterday Taoiseach Enda Kenny vowed to make mental health facilities a core part of health services around the country.
Mr Kenny said mental health could no longer be viewed as "a sort of Cinderella area of the services".
"It is so central and so sensitive to our communities that it deserves the very best from the Government and that it shall have," he added.
Mr Kenny was in Swinford in Co Mayo to open the Console Centre for Suicide Bereavement Counselling Services.
During the same trip he also visited St Patrick's National School in Cornanool, Castlebar.
The school was hosting a HB Ice Cream Funday Party for Down Syndrome Ireland and Mr Kenny enjoyed a slice of vanilla alongside the school children.
Among the school children was Amey Tobin (11) along with chief executive of Down Syndrome Ireland, Pat Clarke, and his son David.
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Mr Kenny said mental health could no longer be viewed as "a sort of Cinderella area of the services".
"It is so central and so sensitive to our communities that it deserves the very best from the Government and that it shall have," he added.
Mr Kenny was in Swinford in Co Mayo to open the Console Centre for Suicide Bereavement Counselling Services.
During the same trip he also visited St Patrick's National School in Cornanool, Castlebar.
The school was hosting a HB Ice Cream Funday Party for Down Syndrome Ireland and Mr Kenny enjoyed a slice of vanilla alongside the school children.
Among the school children was Amey Tobin (11) along with chief executive of Down Syndrome Ireland, Pat Clarke, and his son David.
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