Ms Sonya Dillon:

In response to Senator Colm Burke, our thought in coming here was that we had to promote recovery, but this is about people exiting services and preventing them from becoming dependent on services across the board. Early intervention needs to start with teaching people how to be parents. Breaking the cycle is the only way we will alleviate this problem in 20 years time. We need a seamless recovery process. There is a window of opportunity with clients and if they can go from door to door, from service to service, and have two years with a good solid foundation, as Mr. McAleenan said, they will not be attending services in ten years. That is part of the learning we have gained during the years. Recovery has to be part of a package which must start early. We need to do the groundwork and provide options, but that will only be done through care planning.