Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed)

Mr. John Farrelly:

I will ask the inspector to respond to that, but I just want to emphasise this point. This week the HSE published a report that shows significant issues with waiting. Our mental health system is not fit for purpose and is out of date. We need to invest in it and we need to invest in the community. A child who gets into a unit is very lucky. In the services we regulate, the children's services and the private services tend to be of a relatively good calibre. Until we invest properly in our community services and stop making excuses that we have some sort of a service, what we need for our children will not improve to the degree it should be in this day and age.

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