Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2024-11-07
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Verona Murphy (IND), Wexford

I also thank all the staff who have been helpful in the short time I have been here. I may never be back, but I have enjoyed it.
I also want to pay respects to the family of Brandon Roche in Wexford.
His body was recovered from Wexford Harbour yesterday, after a ten-day search. He will be buried tomorrow. This is almost the 70th time I have stood here expressing concerns about mental health in Wexford. Brandon's body has been recovered less than two weeks after my last representation.
The figures I have come from responses to parliamentary questions, so they are facts - they are not made up. The response from the HSE is that in 2023 there was of a total of 677 referrals to the child and adolescent mental health services in the whole of Wexford, of which 202 were seen, less than a third. Brandon Roche was 19. Two thirds of the referrals made by doctors, accident and emergency services or through the National Educational Psychological Service were not seen.

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Sitting date: 2024-11-07