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Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: When Mr. Reid talked about difficulties in recruitment and recruitment challenges, it struck me that for anybody looking on and anybody who has read the report into CAMHS, it is certainly not an advertisement for recruitment to see the treatment of people who highlight issues. As a public healthcare provider, you would imagine that the HSE would be eternally grateful to people who flag what...

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: If there is a probe into it, the question is if it will be internal or external.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: I am talking about top management or the lack of management. That report tells of failures in clinical practice, governance and oversight. Mr. Reid is the head buck cat. Surely that report is not disputed.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: I thank Mr. Reid for that. Does he have a record of how many times across the board, not just in CAMHS, the HSE has had to make an apology to patients it has failed, some catastrophically? Does he have any idea of the number of times the HSE has had to apologise?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: Does the HSE keep a record?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: My time is limited. We are not talking about front-line staff. We know all of that. If it was not for them, one would hate to think what sort of health service we would have, because all the problems stem from lack of governance and top management. That is why I am putting these questions to Mr. Reid, as the CEO of the HSE. Does he have a record of how many times the HSE has had to...

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: It would be wise to do that and, going forward, to have a record of how many times there were catastrophic cases for families. It might be good due diligence to keep a record of that and perhaps it would be a learning curve for Mr. Reid going forward.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: As head buck cat, the buck stops with Mr. Reid. The Taoiseach advised that there would be a full audit of CAMHS in terms of compliance with guidelines on prescribing. Could Mr. Reid advise whether the audit has begun?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: Does Mr. Reid know if there are timelines for completion?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: I am sorry to interrupt, but time is of the essence. Would Ms O'Connor be able to furnish us with those details?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: In terms of waiting times for CAMHS, in my constituency of Louth, as of September 2021, there were 128 people waiting for longer than six months. A very serious case was highlighted locally on LMFM radio and people were shocked to hear it. A young person who had been in the system for a few years had still not received a diagnosis. Does that not indicate a system that is in utter chaos?...

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: The waiting lists across the State are shocking. What is the standard in terms of best international practice for access to treatment? Does Ms O'Connor know, offhand, what that would be?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: Okay. My time is up.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: I just wanted to come back to the crisis in public dental services across the State. I have raised this with Mr. Reid previously. We are now at a crisis point. I will give my home town as an example. There is not one dentist in Drogheda, which is the largest town in Ireland, available to take medical card patients. This is happening right across the State. I understand that there was a...

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: It needs to be answered. I raised it in December.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: The Taoiseach has mentioned the €10 million several times. I do not know what I will do if I hear talk about it again. I am talking about the reality for medical card patients and about preventative care for more than 100,000 children in primary school. That is the issue which needs to be resolved. I do not get any sense of urgency whatsoever about it.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: Please do.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: My point is that there was a meeting last Wednesday. This has gone on for more than a year. My information is that the meeting was told that the Department would get back to those involved in June. That is another quarter of the year gone before we have any resolution. Where is the sense of urgency?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: Jesus Christ.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Imelda Munster: Well, I would not say that I am okay. Do we have an update on the 100,000 children in primary school who cannot get their first appointments or does the same lack of urgency apply and no one gives a hoot about them either?