Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I could not agree more with Professor O'Connor. One of the problems when a child presents at a GP practice is that the only recourse for the doctor is to refer the child to the child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, which must refer the child on. Why can the GP service not make a direct referral to the youth advocate programme, YAP, or whoever is identified as a provider?