According to new figures released this week, there has been a small increase in the number of appointments scheduled with the HSE's mental health services this year.

There were 105,403 appointments - including face-to-face, online and phone - between January and the end of June 2020 which compares with 103,276 for the same period in 2019 - an increase of just over 2,000.

Paul Gilligan is the CEO of St Patrick’s Mental Health Service.