Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Youth Mental Health: Discussion

Mr. Jim Ryan:

We understand the refresh of A Vision for Change is in the final stages. It is a Department of Health document but it is in the final stages of completion. It is likely to be published before the end of the year, but it is with the Department. We expect that the Minister of State, Deputy Daly, will make an announcement on the 24-7 call number on World Mental Health Day in early October, as he outlined earlier. As the Deputy said, the Pathfinder initiative is challenging because it is across government. We are waiting for that to happen as it will have an impact on a number of the recommendations from the original youth mental health task force report. I do not have the details on the patrols on the Shannon in Limerick, but I can get details on that.