Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion
5:30 pm
Mr. Greg Dempsey:
Yes, I will. I thank the Deputy for her questions. In respect of the CDNTs, which is under the Department of children, I know from talking to colleagues that they are acutely aware of the issues and they are considering responses. We are working with them on two of the responses. In particular, we are working on the staffing issues in partnership to provide extra places and more people coming through. As I mentioned earlier on, we are also looking at the different areas where the same skill set is being used in the assessment of need, the CDNT and the therapies and considering how best to use the limited skill sets while we also consider how we can increase the capacity of that. I might leave it there on that one.
On CAMHS, I will ask Ms Hargis to respond.