Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Mental Health Services: Discussion

Ms Fiona Coyle:

There are a few questions. Probably, the three of us will take some.

As to the question around cross-Government engagement, the other Departments' engagement with the national implementation and monitoring committee for Sharing the Vision will be key. We also need to be reflective and perhaps self-critical of what has not worked in the past. What comes to mind is a brilliant initiative that some may be familiar with - Pathfinder - that was looking at mental health services for young people. That was a multi-Department initiative led by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Health and then Department of Children and Youth Affairs that was initiated in 2015 and has still not got off the ground. We need to be reflective. Even when we put brilliant initiatives together, why do they not quite work?

I will hand over to my colleagues for the other parts of your question. Thank you, Chairman.

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