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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: We are moving on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: I am moving on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: I ask Deputy Shortall to stop. I am moving on because I am under massive pressure. A large number of speakers wish to contribute. This is a joint meeting of the Committee on Health and the Sub-Committee on Mental Health and there are other members, Teachtaí Dála and Seanadóirí, who want to speak. Given the pressure, I ask members to listen to the Chair as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: I call Deputy Hourigan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: Would Deputy Bríd Smith pass on the committee's deepest sympathy to Deputy Gino Kenny and the wider family?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: I was not aware of his mother's passing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: We will move on now to Senator Frances Black.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: Can Mr. Fitzgerald expand on how long it would normally take in a case like that? It is a reasonable question to ask.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: The Deputy may go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: We will go next to Deputy Danny Healy-Rae.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: To follow on from those questions, we heard about the challenges of getting expertise for these multidisciplinary teams. We know from previous submissions and witnesses that there are real challenges in rural areas and areas of high deprivation for many of these CAMHS teams. The big question that people at home are asking is whether we can be assured that the failures and challenges that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: That is important. One recommendation in the report is that the clinical director for CAMHS should make sure that all junior doctors meet the legal requirement to show they are competent. Why was it necessary to put this in the report? Was this not the case before? Why else would the report make such a recommendation? Did we have untrained doctors working in the service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: It has been suggested by some parents that one tired doctor should not excuse the mistreatment of 227 children, as was outlined clearly in the report. The HSE report states that this was due to lack of knowledge about the best way to do things. Again, the question that must be asked is how such a doctor, with this lack of knowledge, can be placed in the role. Is there not a requirement for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: It is important they know what they are doing, particularly in the case of a doctor. Is the system that is used to check the prescribing of medications the same system that is used State-wide in CAMHS? How does the system cope? We have mentioned the levels of under-staffing commonly experienced in CAMHS. I return to my concern that it is not only a challenge for this area. When there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: I am not trying to undermine confidence in the services. There is vital work going on daily. It is common sense that all staff were trained in risk and crisis management given the service CAMHS provide. The report states it is not a priority but I would have thought it would have been a priority at that time. Anti-psychotic drugs were mentioned by some of the members. One of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: The other question that was raised is the doctor in question was recommended for other posts in 2020. I suppose people will have difficulties in trying to understand that. That is new information that I was not aware of. I would have concerns about that. I really appreciate the time and effort the witnesses have put into answering the questions here this morning. I particularly thank...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: 778. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent through the dental treatment services scheme in each year for the past four years, in tabular form. [11665/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: 779. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated through the dental treatment services scheme in each year for the past four years, in tabular form [11666/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Mar 2022)

Seán Crowe: 780. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists operating within the dental treatment services scheme per CHO area in each year for the past four years in tabular form. [11667/22]