Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In the short time I have left, I want to raise a specific and tragic case. In September of last year, my office was approached by the family of a young child who had presented at south Kerry CAMHS with the child's mother. They were sent away and told they would be contacted but they were not contacted at all. Two weeks after that, the child took their own life. I flagged this subsequently with the HSE. A review was initiated and it has now been going on for six months. How long does it take to establish what happened in such a scenario? To me, this is taking far too long and we need to have answers to this particular case. As I said, it is a tragic case. We have had discussions in regard to the wording of the report and whether there were catastrophic consequences or not for the children involved. This was certainly catastrophic for this family and this child is no longer with their family. Can we please have answers in regard to what happened with that case and what will be done about it?