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250 Children Waiting At Least A Year For A Mental Health Service Appointment.

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A total of nearly 2,600 are waiting to be seen by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.

Over 250 children have been waiting at least a year for an appointment with the mental health service.

According to freedom of information documents, 35 have been on the list for over 18 months.

Eoghan Murphy reports

A total of nearly 2,600 are waiting to be seen by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.

Dr Maeve Doyle, from the College of Psychiatrists, says the service is chronically under-funded

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