Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy very much for his question. At the start, he mentioned that this matter falls under mental health services, but it actually falls under the remit of my colleague Deputy Anne Rabbitte, the Minister of State responsible for disabilities. Obviously, there are some children with dual diagnoses who need the support of CAMHS and who might have a secondary diagnosis of autism. With regard to the mental health budget, €108 million has been spent this year alone on various grants to various organisations to support them, but I will certainly raise the issue the Deputy has raised today with the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte. Many organisations send business cases to the various CHOs, and they are examined. In some instances, they fall down with respect to governance or accounts, but I will certainly ask the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to look into this for the Deputy.

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