Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations today. It was interesting and I thank them for providing the report in advance.

I represent Dún Laoghaire in the Dáil and one of the big issues I have had over the years has been the staffing resource for community healthcare organisation, CHO, area 6. It has been difficult to retain and recruit staff in various departments, but I want to look specifically at CAMHS and how the children and adolescent sector is resourced. Will the HSE comment on the overall recruitment process? I do not want to be too parochial but will the HSE comment on how the level of staffing for mental health services has been filled so far?