Ms Hannah N? Ghiolla Mhairt?n:

We were told when we met with the HSE and the Department of Health that many of the problems with waiting lists for CAMHS arose once autistic children were accepted into the service. We maybe cannot speak to this but we have a lot of members who are very concerned that denying autistic children access to CAMHS is a way of reducing the waiting lists. We do not know that for sure, but serious conditions are being turned away and children who need treatment are not getting it. We can only guess what is happening.