Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know the Deputy is asking this question on behalf of her party colleague but I do not agree the status is unclear. It is crystal clear. On 21 January 2023, the local HSE office received a final report from the team of CAMHS consultants who had carried out the audit. When concerns were raised by the audit team in respect of individual children, immediate contact was made with the families and clinical reviews and open disclosure meetings were facilitated as appropriate. Contact was also made with the families of the remaining 34 young people reviewed by the audit team advising that their files were part of the north Kerry CAMHS clinical audit and that the audit had found no evidence of harms. The audit looked at 50 files and 34 families were contacted, thankfully, to say there were no issues, while between 14 and 16 cases warranted a look-back.

Last week, I travelled to Ballincollig in Cork and met families of children who had been affected by the debacle in Kerry CAMHS. It is important to keep in touch with the families affected.

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