Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. David Walsh:

We are happy to take that away and see if how can make it work and not just think about it. All those things are really complementary to what we want to do, which is support those families. I am conscious that in CHO 5 - the Deputy mentioned the two CDNTs - that the one that practically ceased to function is a huge concern locally to the chief officer and head of disability services. It is probably one of the services most impacted nationwide by our inability to retain people for all the reasons we have talked about, such as that they are not attractive places to work because we do not support them. It is a question of how to convince people we now have a framework that encompasses CAMHS, disability and primary care and if a person takes a job with us it will be doable. Many of the existing teams, no more than the parents of the children, are completely burnt out-----

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