Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion

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

I am my party's spokesperson on mental health. I deal with parents all the time who tell me that their GP, or whoever refers to them to CAMHS, deems theirs to be an urgent case, especially cases of suicidal intent. Young people who have attempted suicide have still waited 60 days. There seems to be an anomaly between the figure of 94% being presented here and what parents say to me. They tell me they might get a phone call or a letter from CAMHS. Are either of those things recorded as a response in respect of that rate of 94%?

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