Lack of ring-fenced funding for child mental health services ‘incredible’ – TD

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly denied there was a ‘total systems failure’ (Brian Lawless/PA)

TDs have raised concerns that child and adolescent mental health services have to “compete” for basic funding, in the wake of a “damning” report published by the Mental Health Commission.

There have been calls for action since a report into Ireland’s child mental health services found it to be disjointed, difficult to access and lacking in monitoring and follow-up care in some cases.