Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

In the programme for Government under the area of mental health, the Government commits to building further capacity in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. In reality, since that document was produced, CAMHS have seriously deteriorated. I will outline some of the awful statistics on CAMHS. There are 40% fewer clinical psychologist posts, 50% fewer social workers and just under 60% fewer occupational therapists. At the same time, 50% of the country is still not covered by out-of-hours CAMHS. That is having a seriously detrimental effect on children and their parents.

At 2 p.m. on Saturday in the Garden of Remembrance, the Still Waiting campaign will highlight the awful situation of waiting times in our health service. Will the Taoiseach address the position on CAMHS in particular?

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