Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 June 2017

Seanad Public Consultation Committee

Children's Mental Health Services: Discussion

10:00 am

Ms Sinéad McGee:

I still remember the parents who contacted me with a four or five year old with concerns about their children having suicidal thoughts. There is nowhere for them to go. The child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, is directed more at teenage years. We must look at that. There are children aged eight, nine and ten who are affected. We need some support for all them. We should not be saying that people are too young. If they are having suicidal thoughts, they are not too young and they need help.

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