The Tánaiste will be aware that this is Eating Disorders Week. He will also be aware of the relentless work my colleague Deputy Sherlock has done and continues to do in this area. Yesterday, I attended the most impactful presentation I have ever be at in my many years on this campus. The presentation was made by Cared Ireland in the audiovisual room. Cared Ireland is a voluntary organisation that represents parents and carers of people with eating disorders. Those present shared absolutely heartbreaking stories. It is hard to get across just how powerful that hour was. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental health illnesses. One in 20 people in Ireland will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime. A study by the Health Research Board has shown a 121% rise in hospital admissions for eating disorders among children. In real terms, the number of cases rose from 170 to 375 between 2018 and 2022.

Will the Government engage with Cared Ireland and listen to its demands, of which there are a number? Can it commit to an immediate emergency plan for those with no access to services, to the full resourcing of eating disorder teams in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS and adult mental health services, AMHS, without delay, and to a mandatory transition pathway between CAMHS and AMHS?

The Deputy has been in this House long enough that when he says he attended the most impactful presentation he has been to, I take that very seriously. I will certainly arrange for the relevant Ministers, perhaps Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, and the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, in the first instance, to engage with that organisation and work through the list of, no doubt, constructive proposals it has put forward to try to make progress in support in this area.