Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

A child in care is just as much an appropriate service user for the CAMHS as any other child.

In terms of Deputy Neville, as he stated, the ReachOut strategy finishes this year. This is its last year. In the HSE service plan, there is a clear action for us this year to set out a new strategic framework to replace ReachOut. The intent is to have that complete this year and we do not intend to have a period when there will not be a strategy for suicide prevention.

In terms of funding around posts, it is a feature of Government accounting that the funding for a post is given for a full year even though the post will only be recruited at some point in the year. The alternative would be to have to go back twice to the Department of Finance to seek funding for posts and that would not be recommended. What happens to any funding is it is either used for the purpose for which it is intended or for the general health service by agreement or it is returned to the Exchequer. We did not return any funding to the Exchequer, therefore, that resource would have supported the mental health service and the wider overall health service. This year, in the service plan, we have been more explicit than in any year about the need to phase certain developments and the need to use time-related savings from that to support the overall service and deliver the maximum amount of current and new service, including, for example, the cochlear implants which were mentioned earlier. I think that covers all the points.