Louise McMenamin was just 10, and Joseph McGinty (above) was aged 14 when he assaulted her during a sleepover at her home.

Figures seen by Breakingnews.ie through the Freedom of Information Act 2014 show that as of March 13th, there were 92 people waiting for access to 11 specialist eating disorders teams.

The boy took the drug and it was noticed he was very sleepy. Through the intervention of his parents, he stopped taking the drug after two weeks.

The teenager’s parents broke down in court as the HSE apology was read out as they settled a High Court action over the death of their daughter four years ago.

The couple who cannot be named by order of the court are suing for nervous shock over the death of their daughter four years ago

Majority of the prescriptions fell under the General Medical Service (GMS) scheme, with 28,802 people accessing it under this service.

The settlements against the HSE were reached after mediation.

Imposing sentence, Judge Orla Crowe noted that the victim was “not a patient per se” of Yunos's, rather her parents had asked him for help.

“The biggest sacrifice I made to get this campaign going was giving up my time,” he says. “As a father of four, time is the most precious thing I have, and having to give any of that up to do this campaign just shows how important this is to me."

The boy was allegedly wrongly prescribed the anti-psychotic drug Risperidone for 20 weeks in 2020

The cost of implementing the 20 key measures would cost €250 million every year, and would take a number of years to put in place.

Sinn Féin’s mental health spokesperson Mark Ward has called for the Mental Health Act to be reformed

The cases concerned two boys who are now 10 and 17

Milly Tuomey died by suicide in January 2016, weeks after her family sought help for the 11-year-old

The court approved uplift payments of €7,500 and €5,000 for the teenagers, who are now 16 and 13, respectively

The girl, now 16, alleged she was inappropriately prescribed antipsychotic medications that exposed her to the onset of bulimia nervosa and a foreseeable risk of injury.

The case was settled for €73,500

The settlement is the second-highest amount against the HSE concerning treatment received by children and teenagers at South Kerry Camhs

The victim said she thought she was going to die during the attack

The court heard the highly vulnerable teenage girl had regularly tried to harm herself and has made multiple suicide attempts

In an interview with the RTÉ News at One, on RTÉ Radio 1, Mr Varadkar said that the service is coming under considerable pressure arising out of recruitment issues.

Mental Health Reform said the Taoiseach needs to 'speak out and to say that this is a huge priority for Government'

The Mental Health Commission has published individual reports on the nine HSE regions following a major report on the overall service in July

Ms Butler told RTÉ radio’s Today show that following on the Maskey report she had asked the HSE for a national audit of CAMHS’s prescribing practices, and she also asked the Mental Health Commission to expand the scope of Dr Susan Finnerty’s review.

Social Democrats TD Róisín Shortall has described the response of the Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health to the report into deficiencies in the Camhs services as “anodyne”

An independent investigation found shortcomings were contributing to ‘inefficient and unsafe’ services

Counsel for the family called for further investigation into Camhs around the country

The continuing problem comes from a decision over a year ago to cut the number of operational beds due to persistent staff shortages.

The party launched a plan on priorities for change in child and youth mental health services at an event in Dublin.

At a Family Law Court sitting, Judge Alec Gabbett said that “is it staggering to hear” that the boy, who is being accommodated at a residential centre has only had one shower in 2023.

The girl had pleaded guilty to assault causing harm at a secure therapeutic children’s facility

Dr Niall Muldoon made the comments at the Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Delegate Conference in Carlow

The HSE's chief operations officer gave evidence to an Oireachtas sub-committee on Tuesday

AsIAm chief executive Adam Harris said current procedures for mental health services "leave autistic people behind"

Labour’s Duncan Smith told the Dáil that Camhs had ‘to fight, to compete with other health services for funding’

A UN committee heard it may not be possible for the State to stop sending children to adult mental health units

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commissioner Sinead Gibney has said that the State’s failure to provide basic data makes it difficult for the Commission to do its job.

The Minister for Health said the contract was attractive and that both organisations had "negotiated hard"

A review of all 20,000 open cases has also commenced, she said with those who have been waiting longer than six months viewed as a priority, it is expected that the review will be completed by May this year.

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The Mental Health Commission found that 140 children and young adults were ‘lost’ in the system for follow-up care

Children and young people accessing child mental health services with open cases have been "lost" to follow-up care

Ian Power, of Spunout described youth suicide rates as “way too high”, adding health services are “not coping”.

The Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) has warned of a growing crisis in the provision of mental health services in the West Dublin area

AsIAm said it is deeply concerned by the decision.