Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE
Mr. Michael Fitzgerald:
I will go back to the recommendations, some of which are key. One of those key recommendations is that we would have a consultant in place in south Kerry. Dr. Maskey also points out that we have a lot of work to do to create the conditions whereby we will attract a consultant to south Kerry. It may not be easy. While we have good cover in place at the moment from a consultant perspective, we would obviously like to have a permanent consultant in place. The governance arrangements certainly need to be reviewed so that we have ongoing oversight right across Cork and Kerry, and we must build our structures accordingly. We have a robust plan to implement all 35 recommendations and we will be working to that plan.
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