Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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87. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to carry out an audit of the number of children that are being prescribed psychostimulant drugs in view of the interim report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care that highlights the over reliance on medication in the absence of sufficient primary care resources across mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28376/18]

Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.