Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to raise the case of my 19-year-old constituent Seán, who has ADHD, ASD, depression and an anxiety disorder. He has aged out of CAMHS and his family is cut adrift.

After a recent suicide attempt and a 999 call, he spent a night in the Lakeview unit attached to Naas General Hospital, in a padded room in the dark. Seán is terrified of the dark. He left Naas General Hospital with no follow-up. In this unbelievable but common enough situation, mental health services say they cannot treat him because of his ASD diagnosis, and autism services say they cannot treat him because of his mental health diagnosis. Seán is not a diagnosis or a list of symptoms; he is a citizen of this State. There is no rest and no sleep for his family. His mother is out driving the back roads of Kildare, trying not to hit another deer and trying to keep Sean calm. I have been in contact with the HSE since last October about Seán to no avail. Is there anything the Taoiseach can do for him and all the others who are also falling between these stools that are holding up our health service?

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