3255. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the extent to which health regions are permitted to reconfigure, defer or reassign approved Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services posts under the current governance model; the national oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that such decisions do not reduce service capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26637/26]
Topics / Mental Health Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMental Health Services
1,556 questions from 122 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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1,548 written, 8 oral
122
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 21 |
| February 2025 | 72 |
| March 2025 | 106 |
| April 2025 | 64 |
| May 2025 | 106 |
| June 2025 | 80 |
| July 2025 | 140 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 51 |
| October 2025 | 99 |
| November 2025 | 55 |
| December 2025 | 48 |
| January 2026 | 104 |
| February 2026 | 87 |
| March 2026 | 90 |
| April 2026 | 121 |
| May 2026 | 89 |
| June 2026 | 84 |
| July 2026 | 66 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 27 |
| October 2026 | 46 |
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3283. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if HSE south west has been requested to produce a plan to address Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting lists and issue quarterly reports outlining their actions and progress (details supplied); to provide further details as to the request issued and the expected content of the report; the timeline being worked towards; if the plan and prog…
3348. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department are taking to support Beaumont Hospital in providing treatment to patients who are experiencing a mental health emergency; if her Department are satisfied that a patient, experiencing a mental health emergency, who presented to the emergency department of the hospital was sent home with the promise of care in the community; and if…
3377. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts across child and adolescent mental health services teams, by county and by discipline. [27225/26]
3378. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children and young people currently awaiting access to CAMHS in each county, at the end of March 2026; the average waiting time for first-time appointments in each county; and the longest wait time, in tabular form. [27226/26]
3401. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure to date on the reviews of north and south Kerry CAMHS, by cost category including on legal fees and ancillary costs across the preparation, investigation, drafting, and completion of the work programme to date. [27279/26]
3404. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of presentations at emergency departments with mental health crises; the number admitted and the number referred on the other services which are immediately available to them; and the number who leave the emergency department before being seen or discharged. [27282/26]
3410. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS and Jigsaw waiting lists, by health area and length of wait, at end quarter 1 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [27307/26]
497. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the waiting list for CAMHS in south and north Lee by three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months. [23450/26]
314. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant psychiatrist at CAMHS, Marino, Dublin 3; and the average waiting time for same. [22771/26]
317. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will address the concerns raised in relation to access to appropriate mental health supports and services; if she will provide an update on the referral made to mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22525/26]
450. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health her plans to continue supporting and providing funding for the continuation of the Traveller counselling services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23110/26]
451. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if she will support the expansion of culturally appropriate counselling services with members of the Traveller community as therapists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23111/26]
846. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 9 of 22 January 2026, the status of a new psychiatric unit at Cavan General Hospital; if that project is currently included in the HSE capital plan; the timeframe within which it is expected to be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21447/26]
849. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the list of all consultants that were engaged as part of the north Kerry CAMHS lookback review; the dates of their engagement; the nature of their work; the reports produced and the cost associated with their services. [21486/26]
850. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the consultant reports commissioned as part of the north Kerry CAMHS lookback review; the objective of each report and any actions that arose from each report; and the progress to date on said actions and the costs associated with each report. [21487/26]
851. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the consultant reports commissioned as part of the south Kerry CAMHS lookback review; the objective of each report; and any actions that arose from each report; and the progress to date on said actions and the costs associated with each report [21488/26]
852. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the consultants that have been engaged as part of the south Kerry CAMHS lookback review; the dates of their engagement; the nature of their work; the reports produced and the cost associated with their services. [21489/26]
860. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients Lucena CAHMS have refused in the past five years; the reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21532/26]
861. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients Wexford North CAHMS team have refused in the past five years; the reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21533/26]
862. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason patients diagnosed with ADHD cannot access CAHMS services in counties Wicklow and Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21534/26]
898. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21690/26]
902. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that exist within CAMHS in County Kerry, broken down by area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21694/26]
916. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with the provision of Solas cafés in Waterford and Dublin; if they have been successful; if she will extend them to other locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21804/26]
988. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 553 of 10 February 2026, if sufficient funding is in place for the complete establishment of this CAMHS ID team in Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22238/26]