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

Children's mental health services and mental health services in general in this State are beyond crisis at this point. Successive Governments have failed to implement proper workforce planning and we now face staffing shortages. We need more qualified mental health staff coming through our universities. What efforts are being made to expand places in third level courses for mental healthcare? What is the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science doing to assist third level institutions in offering increased places?

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