We have a serious mental health crisis in Ireland. Communities and families are crying out for help. Front-line services and voluntary organisations are crying out for support. It is not an exaggeration to say that we face into a tsunami in mental health need, not least because of the pandemic. We know that children and young people are left waiting for far too long for mental healthcare. More than 4,000 children in the State are on CAMHS waiting lists and another 10,000 are on lists for primary care psychology services. Given the scale of the crisis, the €14 million in additional money allocated in the budget for mental health is paltry. It goes nowhere near meeting the level of demand.

You are over time.

I ask the Taoiseach to revisit this before the finance Bill comes before the Dáil.

Budget 2023 sees an additional €72.8 million in funding for mental health services in 2023. That will bring our total investment in mental health to more than €1.2 billion. The €14 million to which the Deputy referred is for new developments. There is an additional increase in the overall budget of close to €73 million. It will focus on reducing waiting lists for CAMHS and child psychology services. In particular coming out of Covid, there are significant issues around mental health and the need to do everything we possibly can to help people come through this period.