Ms Anne O'Connor:

I shall comment initially and Mr. Ryan will then comment.

In respect of CAMHS in the CHO 1 region, we have had a problem in the past couple of years in the Sligo-Leitrim area. That has been a recruitment issue in that we have been unable to recruit a consultant psychiatrist. Mr. Ryan will update the committee on the matter. The HSE is committed all of the time to recruiting staff for CAMHS. As I mentioned in my opening statement, there are ongoing recruitment challenges, particularly in the recruitment of consultants, nurses at certain grades and psychologists in some areas. At any one time we try to recruit about 1,000 staff for mental health services. A number of efforts have been made to manage the waiting list in Sligo-Leitrim and we have considered ways to support services in the area by using personnel from other areas. We have worked very closely with the services in the area to see how we can improve the position. There is a very good and detailed action plan in place for the region on which Mr. Ryan will comment.