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Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: Does anyone else want to come in?

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: The last point, please.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: Does anyone else want to say anything on that? I want to move on. Does the Minister need to reply? No. How stands the amendment?

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: Amendment No. 8 in the name of Deputy Shortall has already been discussed with amendment No. 7. If the question on amendment No. 7 has been negative, then amendment No. 8 cannot be moved.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: Is the Deputy pressing the amendment?

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) 2023 and has made one amendment thereto. I thank the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, and his officials for attending today's meeting. The committee...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an indicative date by which the two vacant positions on the Board of the Road Safety Authority will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44507/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: That would be helpful to the committee. I ask Professor Lucey to please go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: I thank Professor Lucey for his contribution. It was sombre but sets the scene for the questions we need to go into. He outlined in a powerful way the challenges facing many children and their families who are trying to access supports and services. I intend to end this session approximately 11 a.m., at which point we will bring in the representatives of the HSE for the second half of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: Again, I am going to try to keep contributions to ten minutes. The extended opening statement means we are under pressure to get all members in. I ask everyone to please work with me. Deputy Ward is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Shortall is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: I am conscious we have ten minutes left. Will members take five minutes each? Do they want to wait for the HSE and then come in first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: I cannot manufacture time. Does Deputy Burke want to lead off on the next session?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: Senator Conway has one question and I want to ask a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: The Mental Health Commission report states that staff retention was a key factor and a major challenge in recruiting new staff. It was identified in human resources practices. Could the witnesses elaborate or enlighten us on that section?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: I suppose the pattern we are getting all the time is that there are key personnel missing from the teams. Those are the inadequacies. I am not talking about a postcode lottery but if we do not have the teams in place, those children are being failed in those areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: The longer the list, the harder it is to get someone to go in. If someone is going to go in and is told they have a caseload of 300 kids before they even start-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Crowe: The committee will now resume its consideration of the recent report of the Mental Health Commission on the vision of child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in the State. I am pleased to welcome from the HSE Mr. David Walsh, national director community operations, Mr. Donan Kelly, assistant national director for child and youth mental health, and Dr. Amanda Burke, national...