Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 September 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021

9:30 am

Mr. Maurice Farnan:

The normal process for discharge from CAMHS is that young people are discharged to their GP rather than services being simply discontinued. There would normally be engagement between the GP and the CAMHS consultants. Those consultants are and should be available to provide advice to the GP. If that has not happened in this case, we will follow up in that regard. Similarly, I note the cases the Deputy has identified in Dublin 12. I will undertake to follow up on those with the chief officer for community healthcare organisation, CHO, 7.