Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 March 2022

Public Accounts Committee

Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Dr. Amanda Burke:

For a specialist CAMHS bed, you do have to travel to Galway which is why I referenced in the earlier point that sometimes young people may stay overnight in an adult unit before they are transferred so that they do not have to travel in the middle of the night. It is not only more appropriate to have a dedicated CAMHS unit, but we must admit to a dedicated CAMHS unit. The CAMHS unit for that area is in Galway.