Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The bottom line is, whether or not people are appropriately referred, in every case they are referred by their GP, so presumably a GP deems it necessary that they be put on the CAMHS list.

Has the Minister of State intervened to take people off the child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, list because a general practitioner, GP, was wrong? Has he put himself in a position to do that? Many children are missing out and much more has to be done to make sure they can get these services. We cannot say that we need to do things better and that people may not need a psychiatrist or consultant. These children and young people are missing out on a service that their GPs recommended as being necessary for their mental health. A more substantive answer than that is required, with an acknowledgement that we cannot just move this to voluntary organisations, if that is the Minister of State's plan. A certain amount of people need to see consultant psychiatrists or doctors in the CAMHS system.

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