A response I received to a parliamentary question stated that some children who are accessing the child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, in south Kerry were also getting supports through Tusla. Some parents have told me that Tusla representatives often sat in on the consultation between the psychiatrist and the child. Parents of children who were mistreated and misdiagnosed feel that not only did CAMHS fail their children but Tusla did too. It was stated in the look-back review of south Kerry CAMHS: "We did not find clear evidence that the appropriate consent for treatment [of children] had been obtained [by Tusla], and a clear process was not described when we raised this with the social workers on the team." We have heard major concerns about CAMHS in north Kerry, Wexford, Dublin and Cork. I suspect that is only the tip of the iceberg. Will the Taoiseach commit to a full, comprehensive and independent audit of all 73 CAMHS teams nationwide, including Tusla's role, rather than just a prescribing audit?

There has been a commitment already in regard to prescribing and so on nationally as well as to a national review in respect of the degree to which CAMHS centres across the country are compliant with the guidance that has been issued to them. The first and immediate priority is to look after and work with the families and children who have been harmed in respect of what transpired in south Kerry regarding CAMHS and to engage with the families of the children to make sure they get the right treatment from now on and into the future.