In a document seen by BreakingNews.ie, 6,593 children are waiting over 12 months for first contact.

Figures from the HSE seen by Breakingnews show 10,714 children were waiting for first contact, a slight drop from the 10,961 children at the end of June.

Of that figure, 8298 children are waiting over a year for first contact.

In October, there was 942 children who were on a waiting list who participated in one or more individual and/or group intervention appointments.

Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the HSE show by the end of June, there are 2442 children waiting over 12 months in Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO) 9