Wait times for youth mental health charity have almost tripled in Cork 

Access to charity's services last year in Cork was 11 weeks, so far this year it is running at an average of 29 weeks

Sinn Féin has said that it is unacceptable that over 4,000 children are waiting for longer than a year to get an appointment with Camhs. Picture: David Cheskin/PA

Wait times for Jigsaw child and adolescent services have increased this year in 10 of the 14 areas in which it operates around the country — and have almost tripled in Cork.

The HSE figures show that while the average waiting time for access to the youth mental health charity's services last year in Cork was 11 weeks, to the end of September this year it was running at an average of 29 weeks.