DEPUTY COUNTY MAYOR CALLS FOR GOVT SUPPORT ON MENTAL HEALTH

Date Published: 07-Sep-2012

The Deputy Mayor of County Galway says the last thing people need to hear is that mental health services can't be delivered because of cutbacks.

Councillor Peter Roche, the 2012 national ambassador for Console, is speaking at the Console World Suicide prevention conference in Dublin today.

The Tuam Councillor from Abbeyknockmoy, says whilst official figures show over 500 people died by suicide last year, the real figure is much higher.

He's now calling on the Government NOT to cut funding for suicide prevention programmes.

Concern over Government cuts to mental health services comes at a time when the Government is proposing to slash 130 million from the HSE's national budget.

Deputy Mayor of Galway Peter Roche, the 20-12 Ambassador for Console, says funding for suicide prevention has to remain untouched.

The Console World Suicide Prevention day Conference at Croke Park today, is focusing on the issue of suicide, the human experience.