Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am interested to know the degree of interaction through schools, GPs or by whatever system, whereby children and their families can have access to the required level and quality of service to address this specific issue before the situation reaches an accident and emergency department. To what extent do we have this in place? From my dealings, and I am sure everybody here can point to similar dealings, I can point to cases where this did not take place, where there was a void and, as a result, there were tragic consequences.

To what extent do CAMHS identify children through the schools and offer them support, reassurance or whatever is required? I will ask two further questions before finishing.