Admission of children to adult mental health facilities ‘a systemic failure’ by the state
Ireland’s Ombudsman for Children Dr Niall Muldoon will address a hearing of an Oireachtas sub-committee today
The practice of admitting children and adolescents to adult mental health facilities due to a lack of available age-appropriate services amounts to a “systemic failure” of “longstanding and grave concern”, an Oireachtas committee will hear on Tuesday.
Dr Niall Muldoon, Ireland’s Ombudsman for Children, will address a hearing of the Oireachtas sub-committee on mental health as part of pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021, which provides for, among ...