Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The whole purpose of the CAMHS hubs is to prevent people having to travel if they have this option. That is what we are trying to do, to give parents and children more options. With respect to the follow-up of the 140 cases the Deputy referred to that were classed as lost, the team in Limerick informed the Mental Health Commission that it had a significant staffing issue at that time. It was down three consultant psychiatrists. They have now been put in place. We now have a full complement of seven consultant psychiatrists in CHO3. My understanding is that all of the 140 cases were contacted. In a few cases they had left the area and it has proven more difficult and some had left the country.

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