Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the pressure they are under at the moment with staffing, as the Minister of State has mentioned. At the moment, CHO 4, which includes south Kerry, is at 64% of what is recommended in A Vision for Change. I can understand the pressure they are working under.

Will the scope of the review include Tusla? The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth found out some weeks ago that 20 children who were in the Maskey report were also under the care of Tusla. Will Tusla be included in that report to look at what its role was?

With the closure of the beds in Linn Dara, are acute mental health inpatient facilities to be included in any national review of CAMHS? I received information during the week that 27 children spent 87 days in adult mental health facilities in 2021. I am aware that this number has decreased but there was CAMHS inpatient bed availability at the time. One child spent 13 days in such a unit. Will there be any movement to stop this draconian practice?

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