HSE WEST SAY NO MONEY FOR TREATMENT OF TEEN

Date Published: 30-Nov-2012

HSE West officials have again told a Circuit Court judge they do not have the funding to provide specialist residential treatment to a brain-damaged teenager.

The 19 year old, who had been terrorising young women in the Salthill area, had been given recommendations from four psychiatrists that he receive the care.

The case made the headlines three weeks ago when Judge Gerard Griffin ordered the HSE West’s top officials to come to court to explain why they had no problem paying legal teams €800 an hour to represent them in court while claiming they had money problems.

Since then the HSE’s Area Manager in Primary, Continuing and Community Care for Galway/Roscommon, Ms. Catherine Cunningham has attended Galway Circuit Criminal Court twice to answer the judge’s concerns about Crockford’s ongoing care.

The judge remanded Crockford in custody to February 19 next, during which time Ms Cunningham said, he would receive therapeutic services in prison provided by HSE staff.