1,700 wait over a year for child psych care

Thousands of children are on waiting lists for key psychological appointments, with more than 1,700 children already delayed by more than a year.

Fresh figures also show some parts of the country are worse hit when it comes to the number of children waiting months or years for an appointment, and the contracting smaller number of adults awaiting psychological appointments.

The figures, provided by the HSE to Fianna Fáil health spokesman Billy Kelleher, show 5,954 children aged 17 and under were awaiting a psychology appointment in primary care, at the end of June.