Dr. Regina McQuillan:

I echo a little of that. On bereavement counselling, it is the idea that grief is normal. Ms Siobhán O'Driscoll, a social worker who worked at Beaumont Hospital, demonstrated this idea that a small number of persons will need counselling, a smaller number might need some psychological help and a very small number will need psychiatry help. It is about having this idea that within a society, it is normal to be sad when somebody dies and crying is normal rather than abnormal.

On what Dr. D'Alton said about the idea of engaging with those who are dying, who have progressive fatal illness or who are receiving palliative care services, it is important to do the research in that area and one one must bear in mind that sometimes patients do not want to think too far ahead and do not want engage in it.

I want to return to one question mention about Travellers but the Chairman may want to continue on bereavement.