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:

Part of the review was a file review on each of the cases during that period of time and from that file review it was identified that 240 children, some of whom are now young adults, were at risk of harm or significant harm. It was for those particular children that the open disclosure set of meetings took place. Each meeting was set up or offered to the families or to the young adults to discuss with them, in detail, the findings of the file review and also to discuss where they were with regard to services. Some of those people came back into service once again while others required or requested more follow through. The files for the cases to which the Deputy is referring were considered by Dr. Maskey and his team. On the basis of the file review, they were of the view that there was not a specific issue arising but that is not to say, importantly, that those people's experiences or their concerns are in any way minimised. They may not have been satisfied with aspects of-----

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