Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Joint Committee On Health

Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE

Mr. Jim Ryan:

The definition refers to the period until a young person’s 18th birthday. The Deputy is quite right that it is suggested in our CAMHS operating guideline that there has to be engagement between CAMHS and general adult services six months prior to the transfer of the young person.

That has definitely been a challenge in some parts of the country, especially in the cases of young people who may have ADHD as part of their-----