Dr. Susan Finnerty:

It is difficult to know exactly what is causing it. The service in Galway is a particularly proactive service that has developed a number of good practice initiatives such as advocacy. It has an emergency bed and other beds in that region and has developed the services very well. That in itself attracts people to come and work in that service. CHO 5 finds it particularly difficult because it cannot get staff to work in that area, which down the line decreases the chances of getting people - either allied health professionals or consultant psychiatrists - to come and work in the service. The service in Galway is a very established one going back many years and has attracted funding in order to maintain that whereas the CHO 5 area would be a new service that does not have beds and finds it very difficult to get inpatient beds for CAMHS. There are a number of factors.