Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I fully acknowledge the need to get from three to 20 beds. That is a statement of fact. It is Government policy. It is in the model of care and other policy documents published by the Government and has been endorsed by the HSE mental health bed capacity review. I outlined that this year the area of priority for additional investment into this area is around some of the youth mental health and CAMHS provision. I can send the Deputy a note on what we intend to get done this year. It was interlinked to make the point that at CAMHS level we have 20 beds across the four areas and as a result we had-----

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