Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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123. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home-based crisis teams; the work they perform; the location of each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43077/15]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The role of the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) is to provide comprehensive multidisciplinary interventions to address the range of needs of the service user. A Vision for Change recommends that the general adult CMHT should conduct assessments and provide a range of best-practice interventions for adults with complex mental health problems. This incorporates a number of treatment modalities to deliver services to local sectors including home-based treatment, crisis intervention, outpatient and day hospital programmes, acute in-patient care and risk assessment. Visionalso recommends that home-based treatment teams be identified within each CMHT and provide prompt services to known and new service users as appropriate.

In relation to the specific issues raised by the Deputy, as these are service issues this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.