Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)

One of the solutions is the one-door approach where no matter where you go, in through primary care, CAMHS or CDNT, you are not just referred over to another waiting list. That is something that Bernard Gloster is working on.

This comes back to the strategy and the whole-of-Government approach. Primary care is the responsibility of the Minister for Health. I and the Minister, Deputy Foley, are responsible for CDNTs. Mental health and CAMHS is under the Minister for Health. That is where we need to be making sure that these multidisciplinary teams are behind that one door you go through and you get the services that you need when you need them in the timely manner.

That is a very short answer to a really big issue. Part of it is staffing and access to these multidisciplinary teams. We talked about Coru earlier and for somebody who is coming from abroad, that we can make sure that they are qualified, upskilled quicker and it is not taking as long.