Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Joint Committee On Health
Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed)
Dr. Joseph Duffy:
I am pleased to let the Deputy know that a couple of weeks ago we were able to open the outreach service in Clondalkin. We had plans to do that pre-Covid, as the Deputy will be aware, but were not able to do it during that time. We are there for one day a week now and that will build up to two days a week, depending on need. We are finding that young people are coming for their initial assessment, continuing to do some work by video and they might then come back again and have a follow-on assessment. We are able to provide that outreach. We are also able to provide outside of just the Dublin south-west area; we are able to do that in counties Laois and Offaly and across the country in some other areas as well.
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