Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 March 2022
Public Accounts Committee
Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020
9:30 am
Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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In terms of waiting times for CAMHS, in my constituency of Louth, as of September 2021, there were 128 people waiting for longer than six months. A very serious case was highlighted locally on LMFM radio and people were shocked to hear it. A young person who had been in the system for a few years had still not received a diagnosis. Does that not indicate a system that is in utter chaos? This was a very serious case that was in the system for two full years and there had not been a full diagnosis despite the begging and pleading for help of the girl's mother.