Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I stand by the comments that I made yesterday. I met with Jigsaw at the weekend, actually, and had a very good discussion with young people who have used the Jigsaw service and are advocates for it. Of course, there is significant room for continued improvement and enhancement of services. Particularly post-Covid, there has been an increase in anxiety levels and mental well-being issues. That is definitely the case, particularly among young people. That has created additional pressures, not only on CAMHS but also on the NGO sector. One of the interesting issues that arose was the referral process, particularly for young people, from services such as Jigsaw to CAMHS. These are issues that we need to resolve because there is not uniformity across the country.

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