Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Dail Éireann — 2020-12-10
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Michael Moynihan (FF), Cork North-West

It is vitally important that we get this sorted out and that we keep challenging the system in respect of CAMHS. All Members, as public representatives, meet families in distress and know challenges that exist and the difficulties accessing services. There is a growing acceptance that there is a mental health crisis on the back of Covid. In terms of the figures being provided to the Department by the HSE, does the Minister of State see a significant challenge, particularly in respect of CAMHS in CHO 4 and the rest of the country? Are there still vacancies within CHO 4 for psychiatrists and other trained staff to help to alleviate the crisis that exists in communities?

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Sitting date: 2020-12-10