Mr. Gerard Maguire:

The County Louth comhairle is also working on promoting positive mental health. To combat this issue, it has developed a mental health smartphone application, which gives hints and advice on dealing with mental health issues. It is the first phone app of its kind for young people in Ireland. It is quick, easy and free to download and share.

What we would like to achieve at today's meeting is to stress that while services are in place, these are not distributed evenly across the country. There is a lack of services in some areas. However, we regard a lack of awareness as being a more significant issue. We ask for an increased effort in publicising the available facilities for young people.

We want to make the committee aware of the work of Comhairle na nÓg and of the importance of these issues to the young people of Ireland. We ask members to contact their local comhairlí in order to learn about the work being done on these issues. I ask them to take the opinions of young people into consideration when making decisions.