Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I thank the Minister of State for being here to take this matter. She is a champion for mental health. I know she is very much aware of the question that I am raising this morning. In September, the Mental Health Commission in its report on child and adolescent mental health services from 2022 to 2023, while it identified many positives about mental health services, sounded quite a number of alarm bells. The particular issue I raise today is about access to CAMHS in north Wexford. The commission pointed out that as of March this year, there was a waiting list of 99 patients for CAMHS in north Wexford. That was up from 77 a year previously. When one compares that with south Wexford, and there should not be a waiting list-----