Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This week, Deputy Ward, who is the Sinn Féin spokesperson for mental health, arranged a meeting with Families for Reform of CAMHS, which I attended. These families report that 70% of parents surveyed were unhappy with the handling of complaints relating to their children in CAMHS, saying that they were not listened to and were worried about how the complaint would adversely affect their child's care. I know the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, was not there, and I mean that respectfully, but had she been there, she would understand the families' distress over having to bare their souls and personal lives to get the care their children deserve. Can we get clarification about what is being done to put in place a fit-for-purpose and transparent complaints resolution system for parents of children seeking to access CAMHS? Children need efficient CAMHS care and parents need a complaints mechanism that works when care is denied.

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