Ms Sonia Magaharan:

It does happen sometimes that referrals do come back in again. We would have an average of 40 to 50 referrals per month to our CAMHS team. That is what we have had for the past five months. Some of those referrals will be inappropriate referrals as they do not meet the threshold. We would contact the GP and have a conversation. We have a standardised referral form that the details come in on, sometimes there are gaps, where the section of the form has not been completed, but we will pick up the phone and explain that in order for the client to be screened, we need more information. We also send out what we call forms to the parent and to the child, if the child is an adolescent. We get their details as well before a decision is made whether it is appropriate or not. The screening process is quite detailed, but if we had somebody coming back two or three times, we would be on to the GP and asking what is actually going on. There is something that is not right, if the person is coming in four times and feeling he or she is falling through the drains.

Senator Jennifer Murnane O'Connor:Between the drains.