Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for her ongoing engagement with me on the state of autism assessment and delivery of services in my area, in community healthcare organisation, CHO, 6, which I identify as a problematic area. I give the example of a young boy, Dillon McGee, who has very complex needs. His parents asked me to raise his case. There is inconsistency of services. He does not have access to child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, because of where he lives. His mother has been told to turn up at Crumlin to get medication when his behaviour gets out of control. There is inconsistency with respite services. Children in Churchtown can get services in Greystones, but he cannot get services in Blackrock while being in Blackrock. He cannot get the bus from Leopardstown to Twigs because it will not go that little bit further, but a child from Swords is getting it. I am raising the complete inconsistency between CHO areas and what is being delivered. It is not being delivered in the way it needs to be in CHO 6, so the Minister of State and I keep having this engagement and she keeps raising this with the HSE. I beseech the Minister of State to help me to deal with the inconsistency in my own area to get the services.

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