The HSE says progress is being made on a long-awaited new psychiatric unit in Roscommon.
The state of the current 24-bed unit in Roscommon University Hospital has been regularly criticised by the Mental Health Commission.
The HSE is planning to replace the outdated unit.
It says a design team framework is in place for the project - and a design team will be appointed next.
But Tulsk councillor Seán Moylan, from Fianna Fáil, says the progress is slow: