A nationwide audit of CAMHS was carried out and while there are clearly huge challenges and deficiencies in some parts of the country, in other parts of the country many of the centres are providing a good service. That said, it is not where we want it to be. No child should be admitted to an adult psychiatric facility. The numbers of such children are way down on what they were previously but one child being admitted to an adult psychiatry ward is one child too many. It is a priority area. There is a new mental health lead in the HSE now, appointed by the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. She had sought that from the HSE for quite some time. That has been agreed and is now in place.

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