Gardaí are to consider whether there are grounds to commence a criminal investigation into the failures in south Kerry's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
A review into care of children at a HSE-run mental health service in south Kerry, published earlier this week, found 46 youngsters suffered significant harm.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin has described the report as "shocking" and has said there will now be a full audit nationwide of compliance with CAMHS operation guidelines by all CAMHS teams.