Ms Clare Murphy:

Yes, there is. The actual specialist interviewing involves professionally qualified social workers and members of An Garda Síochána working together. There is often liaison with CAMHS if the case merited it or if the child was attending CAMHS. A child who is subject to a specialist interview is not necessarily referred to CAMHS by virtue of being subject to the interview. The child may have a prior relationship with CAMHS or may be accessing CAMHS for a service. In that case, CAMHS would, of course, be involved in the whole referral, but not in the actual specialist interview.