John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have gone through some of the notes, the witness statements and the written evidence that was presented to us.

The Chair and I represent an area in CHO 7. Perhaps for the benefit of people watching the meeting, the HSE is divided into numbered community health areas, and mine is No. 7. In broad brushstrokes, CHO 7 includes north Kildare and south Dublin. It is one of those areas that does not seem to rate very well in respect of CAMHS, and I will say a few more bits on that. Why is that? Why do different community health areas provide completely different experiences for parents and children to the point where it was described in Dr. Finnerty’s report as a postcode lottery? I am very familiar with that dealing with constituents.