Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 July 2024
472. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 30 April 2024, to report the item and amount per item, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28217/24]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, the focus of this new 2024 investment funding of €10 million I announced earlier this year is in child and youth mental health, including Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and online safety for children. A focus was also placed on those services that best support the needs of young people, while allowing some scope for the development of the clinical programmes.
The focus of the investment is on supporting people to avail of a range of supports and services as close to home as possible, at the level of complexity that corresponds best to their needs and circumstances, across a continuum of mental health services. This means accessing the mental health supports that they need, in the community in the first instance, at the level most appropriate to their needs. This can range from counselling and talk therapies through to support from their community mental health team, or access to more specialist services, up to and including inpatient and residential supports.
The following table sets out a rounded breakdown by service of the additional funding:
|
Service Area: |
€ million |
|
Online Safety/Bullying |
1 |
|
CAMHS Hubs |
0.5 |
|
Development of CAMHS ED Liaison/Out-of-Hours |
0.8 |
|
CAMHS Staffing/Future Service Provision |
0.6 |
|
Staffing and development of ADHD Teams |
2.2 |
|
Staffing and development of MHID Teams |
0.7 |
|
Eating Disorders |
1.6 |
|
Early Intervention Psychosis |
0.6 |
|
Dual Diagnosis |
0.6 |
|
Self-Harm |
0.2 |
|
Traveller Youth Mental Health |
0.17 |
|
Psychiatry of Later Life |
0.8 |
|
Mental Health Recovery and Engagement |
0.16 |
