Services for children with intellectual disabilities funded at half needed for functioning service

Cork East Social Democrats TD Liam Quaide said the figures represented a 'tragic lack of ambition' in terms of staff resources for some of the most vulnerable people in Irish society.

Mental health services for children with an intellectual disability in Ireland are being funded at less than half the HSE’s own requirements for a fully-functioning service, new figures reveal.

The HSE has admitted within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) “there is no [intellectual disability] team nationally staffed at the level recommended”.