Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael)
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That leads to two follow on questions. The first relates to recruitment. At present, there is a recruitment freeze in the HSE, but disability services are exempt from this. Are CAMHS services exempt?

The CDNTs are hugely under-resourced. I have talked to some of the members of those teams over the years and found that many are of the opinion that parents amplify, exaggerate and dramatise their situations. I have heard comments to the effect that the parents expect their children to be fixed. I am appalled by this attitude. Parents need to be treated with tenderness, kindness and respect in these situations. There seems to be a dismissal of parents in some instances. I am concerned that this is a pervasive attitude within the teams