Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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I thank Dr. Morris.

We were critical when we received the Mental Health Commission's recent report on CAMHS. In fairness, though, the Lucena CAMHS was top of the class in that report. Whatever it is doing, it needs to keep doing it. I have asked the HSE to examine that model and replicate it across other CAMHS areas. It is nice not to be critical constantly.

I want to ask a question about the adults and what happens. This also came up in the report by the Mental Health Commission. When children turn 18, a cliff-edge often happens. We launched a document yesterday in relation to extending CAHMS to a SIMS model by extending child and youth mental health to the age of 25. It is in Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone but has not been initiated yet. Would something like that help a young person who has ADHD so that when he or she turns 18, he or she will have continuity of care, rather than that cliff-edge approach?