FAILED BY THE STATE

752 mentally ill children are waiting more than a year for HSE treatment

- EOGHAN MURPHY

A TOTAL of 752 mentally ill children have been waiting more than a year for treatment from the HSE.

That's almost twice as many as a year ago, when 385 kids were waiting more than 12 months.

New figures, obtained by the Irish Mirror, show there are 4,490 children on the waiting list for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.

That's around 1,000 more than at the same point last year.

Almost 40% of the youngsters have been waiting more than six months for treatment.