Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care
Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive
2:00 pm
Ms Anne O'Connor:
In terms of the breakdowns, from our systems we can tell the Deputy what development funding has been assigned to the priority areas the Deputy mentioned. We do not have a single national financial system so we are limited in terms of the detail. There is transparency in services at a local level. We are working towards a community costing model which will allow us to have a national view and a breakdown of the figures. It will be on CAMHS initially. There is other work going on in the HSE in respect of a single financial system, which Mr. Mulvany may be able to talk about.
In terms of resilience in schools, work has recently been completed by the youth mental health task force in partnership with the Department of Health, the Department of Education and Skills and many other bodies. There was also a pathfinder initiative which looked at the need to enhance well-being in schools. That is seen as a matter for the Department of Education and Skills and the recommendations of the task force will go to Government fairly soon. The HSE does not provide services in schools in that way.
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