Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Rebecca's mam will be delighted to hear the Minister of State say that and maybe say it loud enough for all the people in the mental health services to hear it as well.

I absolutely welcome the establishment of the teams. I press the Minister of State for a date on when we will see one in CHO 9, as I am sure she would expect me to do. However, there are issues in the short term in advance of the establishment of the team. As the Minister of State says, there is no team in my area - no more than there is in her own area - and there is a need for one. For Rebecca, vital months were lost where she had no support at all and that happened at the transfer from the child and adolescent services into the adult mental health services. Are the teams going to be fully integrated into the adult mental health services in order that there can be the additional supports that might be required, as well as the ADHD supports? Rebecca's mam wrote to the Minister to outline the case and I know if she is listening to this, she will be glad to hear a person in the Minister of State's own position acknowledge that ADHD is a lifelong condition but also one that can be managed and managed very effectively. There is no reason people with ADHD cannot live full lives but they do require those supports. I am pressuring the Minister of State for a little bit more information on when we might see that in CHO 9 but also in the intervening time, whether there may be supports there. I have spoken to Rebecca's mam and I am happy to pass the details on to the Minister of State if she wants the details of the case. I will do that following this. In the intervening time before the team is set up, is there anything Rebecca might be able to access?

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