Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Exactly. Chair, I do think that the committee should follow up on that. A huge amount of work has been done on the mental health legislation and it is very tardy for it not to be on the priority publication list. I do not know if we can ask why that is the case.

Before I run out of time, I want to ask about the increase in numbers for ten to 14 year-olds, which jumped out at me. On the issue of neurodivergence, while it is problematic to locate that fully within the disability conversation, for the purposes of today's conversation it is useful. Some children with disabilities access mental health supports through a service that provides them other supports. For example, for a deaf child or a child with a visual impairment, there is a model whereby they receive mental health supports or counselling through those services and those supports are sometimes provided by people who also have those additional needs. Do parents of autistic children feel that CAMHS is the correct place and that we should reform it? Should it be done through services that align with other needs? Do we need to look at specialist staffing within CAMHS? Let us say you are one of the very few who are taken seriously, you are not relegated because of your other diagnosis, primary or not. Are there staff in the service right now who are adequately trained to deal with neurodivergent mental health requirements?