Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair and everybody in attendance. I thank the Mental Health Commission for bringing this report forward and Dr. Susan Finnerty, in particular, because the commission published this report early. Having this conversation early rather than waiting for the publication of the full report was needed.

I also want to acknowledge what our guest speakers acknowledged at the very start, which was the excellent care which some children receive under the care of CAMHS. Unfortunately, in our position, it is the parents of those who are not receiving the care who contact us on a regular basis.

I have a number of questions. The Mental Health Commission raised specific concerns in respect of four out of five of the community healthcare organisation, CHO, areas. I believe it was CHO 3, 4 and 5 and CHO 7, which is my area in Dublin mid west, where concerns were raised.

Can our guest speakers confirm that the one area where no concerns were raised by the Mental Health Commission was a service operated by an independent operator outside of the HSE?