Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education

Mr. Derek Chambers:

The eating disorders model of care was launched in 2018.

The overall aim is for there to be 16 teams; eight CAMHS and eight adult. Currently, there are two CAMHS teams - one in the Cork-Kerry area and one in CHO 7, through the Linn Dara community eating disorder service. Funding was released for 20 additional whole-time equivalents in 2021 to establish three new teams. One of those is a CAMHS team based in CHO 2-----