Covid-19 (Mental Health): Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-02-04
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Gino Kenny (PBP), Dublin Mid-West

It is questions and answers. I have two specific questions. One relates to correspondence I have received in the last couple of weeks about the frustration of psychiatric nurses concerning the roll-out of the vaccine, particularly for those in acute mental health services. There is no timeline and there is complete frustration for psychiatric nurses in that setting. Will the Minister of State give reassurance or a timeline for psychiatric nurses in the mental health services getting the vaccine?
The second question, which other Deputies have touched on, relates to the effects of the pandemic on children. We all have mechanisms or coping exercises to deal with this pandemic and we are all different. Regardless of one's identity, we all have a sense of anxiety in relation to what has happened and what will come. This has a particularly detrimental effect on children because of the lack of school, everyday routines and so forth. What new resources will the Minister of State put into CAMHS in the short and medium term?

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Sitting date: 2021-02-04