Written answers

Tuesday, 20 February 2018

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Psychological Services

Photo of James BrowneJames Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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511. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of meetings of the working group involving the HSE, Department of Health and Tusla that have been held; the timeframe of the working group’s key actions in line with its proposed terms of reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8614/18]

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The working group to examine the provision of community-based psychological provision for children held its first inaugural meeting on 19 January 2018. The working group is co-chaired by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the Department of Health. The group is made up of senior officials from both Departments with representatives from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, the Health Service Executive and a representative from the Psychological Society of Ireland.

The key objective of the working group is to examine the psychological and mental health services for children and young people with the aim of ascertaining a clear continuum of provision, strengthening alignment and areas for improvement, centred on the needs of children and young people.

The working group have agreed the Terms of Reference and are focusing on assessing work and policies in place with a view of identifying key actions to be progressed. The working group will reconvene having completed the scoping phase in line with the Terms of Reference for the group.

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