Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

No, it will never cover that. We have to look at what we can offer at the moment, make the best of it and plan for the future. It has been said here a number of times we need a life plan for citizens. We could probably break down any issue in relation to housing, dealing with local authorities or talking about services or respite. We have dealt with patients. A lady was in with me and said her kid had been exited so many times. Her contention is serious stuff from a diagnosis point of view. It was missed on the basis they did not have the baseline because she was out of service when she should not have been, having fallen between too many stools.

She is now due for respite but is almost at the start of a list when the amount of time she has already been waiting should have been considered. It is a particular issue and I will be chasing it later. At the time, she did not fit certain criteria and the child was moved from primary care to child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, and back to disability services. The child has been in and out of disability services three or four times.