Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 26636-26 & 26637-26

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of approved new posts for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services under the National Service Plans for 2024 and 2025; the number of these posts filled to date; the number currently in recruitment; and the expected timelines for full recruitment to these posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [PQ 26636/26]

To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which health regions are permitted to reconfigure, Defer or reassign approved Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services posts under the current governance model; the national oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that such decisions do not reduce service capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [PQ 26637/26]