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

Last night Sinn Féin had a successful motion aiming at reforming and resourcing child and adolescent mental health services. The Government did not oppose the motion. The Government chooses not to oppose Opposition motions as a tactic when it does not want the political fallout from having to vote against them. Our motion included a raft of solutions to improve children's access to mental health supports and to reduce waiting lists. It was also about transparency and accountability within the HSE. Can the Taoiseach guarantee that the Government will implement the motion completely as we do not want to see our children being used as a political football?

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