Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party)
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289. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the mental health budget that has been allocated to eating disorder services. [40764/24]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Model of Care for the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders was launched in 2018 and I have prioritised it’s rollout since taking up office in July 2020.

Multidisciplinary Eating Disorder teams for adults and CAMHS are being rolled out across the country. There are now eleven teams in place: six Adult teams and five Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) teams. Six of these new teams started in 2023, and in May of this year, I announced the establishment of a new adult team for CHO7, which will cover the area of Kildare/West Wicklow, Dublin West, Dublin South City and Dublin South-West, which will bring the total number of teams to twelve.

To date, there are over 100 posts funded under the National Clinical Programme. Over 80 eating disorder Clinicians, including 10 Consultant Psychiatrists, are now treating people with eating disorders across the country.

Dedicated investment in eating disorders continues, and last year the HSE spent €8.1m on eating disorder services under the Clinical Programme.

I am firmly committed to enhancing specialist services for eating disorders, which is why I have again prioritised the clinical programme in Budget 2025.

As occurs each year following the Budget, discussions will now take place with the HSE on details relating to specific service initiatives in the context of preparing the HSE Service Plan 2025, including that for Mental Health.

Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party)
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290. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeline as to when the new eating disorder specialist team in Limerick will be developed. [40765/24]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.