Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 March 2022
Public Accounts Committee
Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020
9:30 am
Ms Anne O'Connor:
We have done a lot of work in recent years in looking at the admission of children. We have seen it come down considerably. We know that for the units we have - I might ask Dr. Burke who is responsible for one of the units in the west to respond - and the use of beds our focus is on trying not to admit children unless we really have to and then, certainly, admitting them to the most appropriate place.