Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 September 2021

Joint Committee On Health

Impacts of Covid-19 on Mental Health Services: Discussion

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Good afternoon. I am very happy to see the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, at the meeting today. I am delighted to see the mental health Bill moving ahead. It will be a major piece of work this year for the Government and an incredibly important one. There is so much to say, and I know that other people wish to speak as well, so I will probably bounce it around a little bit, and I hope that is okay.

In her submission today, the Minister of State mentioned adult ADHD and I wish to do a deeper dive into this. I am aware that this was announced in January of this year. At the time the statement mentioned that we need to staff the ADHD teams and that there was a need to set them up in a number of sites and community health organisation, CHO, areas. Could we get an update of where we are with that?

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