Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Families for Reform of CAMHS

Ms Hannah N? Ghiolla Mhairt?n:

The Mental Health Commission report highlighted that no CAMHS team is fully staffed and that many are operating at approximately 50% of the staffing levels. This is on the clinical side but also administratively, where there are approximately 50% of the recommended administration team there, which adds a great deal of additional stress to the clinical staff. That is something which should be addressed straightaway. There is an issue around recruiting psychiatrists in Ireland and we are very aware of that.

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