Dáil debates

Wednesday, 3 April 2019

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

 

1:10 pm

Photo of Pat BuckleyPat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The latest available data from the HSE indicates that the 2018 national targets for access to child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, are not on track. Up to 2,453 children and adolescents are waiting for CAMHS appointments. Of those, 1,400 are waiting more than three months and 313 waiting more than 12 months. This fails to meet the HSE target that no young person should wait more than 12 months for a CAMHS appointment. What is the Government doing to address these waiting times? As the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, is aware, Cork has nearly doubled its waiting time figures this year.

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