Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Joint Committee On Health
Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE
Mr. Jim Ryan:
Absolutely. There is dual approach. We invest about €12 million a year in Jigsaw, so it is almost fully funded by the HSE. We are cognisant and meet with it regularly. It does a good job. However, we are very conscious that there is a significant waiting list in a number of the areas. We feel we need to more towards the provision of online counselling services. As the Deputy knows, we have an adult version, which is counselling in primary care, CIPC. We will need to look at a youth version of that.
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