Written answers
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Department of Health
Mental Health Services
Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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1206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the staffing complement at the CAMHS facility in Drogheda, County Louth covering south Louth and east Meath as of 1 December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63411/22]
Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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1207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Louth and Meath who are on a waiting list for their first appointment with CAMHS locally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63412/22]
Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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1208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and clinical psychologists in post as of 1 December 2022 at the south Louth and east Meath CAMHS service in Drogheda, County Louth; the HSE's plans to fill any vacant positions; the alternative supports that the HSE is prepared to provide to children who require specialist supports through the aforementioned disciplines in cases in which such posts are vacant; if the HSE plans to engage contractors in these specialist areas in the interim to provide the necessary professional supports to young people in the area who are clients of the local CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63413/22]
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1206 to 1208, inclusive, together.
As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
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