Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The reality is we are failing these children. I am sure the Tánaiste, like anyone else, knows their parents, perhaps people who are close to him, and the torture that they go through worrying about their children, who have already been assessed as needing mental health supports, about the risk posed to their children's mental health increasing and about there being a bad end to all of it. This is the torture that they tell us about constantly and that they are experiencing.

The problem is that the situation is getting worse. Three hundred people have been waiting longer than a year for their initial assessments and 2,560 are on waiting lists. Of the 72 CAMHS beds, 33 are not operational because of staffing issues. A Vision for Change told us that we should have 100 beds. This is complete and utter chaos.

The Taoiseach told me in November that he would take a personal interest in this matter and would look for a report. Has the report been compiled, will it be published and what will it contain?

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