Ms Róisín Webb:

I might address the involvement of the Department of Health. There has not yet been an announcement on the directorate. An interdepartmental committee was involved with the development of the guidelines but it is notable that the Department of Health officials were from the health promotion section. There was no HSE or CAMHS involvement in the drafting of the guidelines. I am sure the HSE was consulted but there was no official consultation with CAMHS or the specialist CAMHS advisory group. We raised the issue previously. As was said earlier about the Special Education Support Service, more could be done in terms of collaboration between the Departments of Health and Education and Skills on the issue. Liaison is of key importance.

The new child and family support agency in the Department of Children and Youth Affairs has a major role to play in terms of mental health and education. The issue must be cross-departmental for it to work. I will hand over to Ms Neary to respond to questions on Headstrong, Jigsaw and funding.