Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care

Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Ms Sonia Magaharan:

I have experienced consultants leaving the country. Over an eight-year period my team had lots of vacancies and I worked with 11 consultants. We worked with probably one of the most vulnerable client groups because we looked after children who had mental health difficulties and an intellectual disability. The children and their families were the most vulnerable people because they had no voice and no service stability.