Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his response. Can he confirm that there will no longer be a situation where a child in care has a social worker in one area while relying on child adolescent mental health services in another area? Will the child be guaranteed to have a seamless access to a service? Several serious communications issues were identified in that report, including a case where the child adolescent mental health services failed to monitor a child's health status for over seven months. Can the Minister categorically state today that this is being addressed? I welcome the fact that he has asked the HSE to consider the report. The report found that where a child had been initially assessed in one area, she had been refused an assessment in another area, even though she was under the care of the HSE. Has this practice stopped since the Minister referred this report to the HSE?

The final issue was the most serious and may have implications not just for those in care, but also for those presenting to CAMHS. The report stated that "CAMHS does not work with children with an intellectual disability, and disability services do not work with children with mild intellectual disability." When are we to expect a response from the HSE on that reference in the report?

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