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.