Ms Deirdre Seery:

I have written to various people and have been told the date would be before the end of last year and that it would be before the end of this year. It is there, it is in the Department and it has passed through various stages. If it is launched, we will then assess constantly the health intelligence information and the gaps therein and will look at the behavioural changes as they change. We will look at the schools programmes and all the issues raised here, including stigma, discrimination, the services and the gaps in the services. This is all in the strategy and if we all are sitting around the same tables, communication will improve and we will all work together. It really is a no-brainer; we simply must have a strategy.