Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not think it is correct, but it does not matter whether it was one child or more. It is neither here nor there. If one child died by suicide, that is one child too many. I am not going to argue the toss over the numbers. People have a responsibility when they supply information to ensure that it is accurate. I am not suggesting the Deputy in this regard but the people who came before the committee.

People know my views on the CAMHS system and what we need to do. I refer to early intervention and rolling out things like the STEPS programme in schools and ensuring we have a more proactive system rather than one that is reactive. For too long too much of it was management. That was highlighted by that show. Different CAMHS teams operated very differently and had much longer waiting lists despite having a similar number of referrals to other CAMHS teams that had no waiting lists. We have challenges within the management of these systems that we have to look at. I reiterate that we take it very seriously.

See this speech in context