Written answers
Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Department of Health
Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent)
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626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will comment on the increase in recent years of children with medical referrals being refused support from child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2870/24]
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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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.
As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday, 6 October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or processes. As a result, the question asked by the Deputy may be delayed in receiving a response directly from the HSE.
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