Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Just this week, I became aware that the manager in the Cavan CDNT is on maternity leave. Is she going to be replaced? The lady who is currently covering the position is based in Navan but that may just be temporary. We really need a full-time manager in the service.

A parent was in contact with me yesterday - and she is not alone in this situation - who was equally angry and upset and really at her wits' end. She has three children with additional needs but one of them was referred to the CDNT by CAMHS. Her son was sent there for an assessment for ADHD and he was referred back to the team in 2020. She visited the CDNT, got in touch with the staff in July 2022 to find her son was not on their list. She went back to CAMHS, got the referral letter, brought it back, hand-delivered it to the CDNT and thought he should then be on the list. She went in this week and he is still not on the list. She is really angry because she has lost four years of him being on a list where he should have been receiving some sort of support and services. She is not the only one who fell between cracks when the new progressing disability services programme was set up. Some children were referred to primary care, others to the CDNT, but many feel between the two.

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