Anne Ferris (Wicklow, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It would be interesting to conduct a follow-up, even on an unofficial basis for the trust's use, to see the success rate of them and how they are getting on. In addition, perhaps the participants themselves would appreciate a reminder, not to be checked up on but as a follow-up to ensure they are okay at a support level. It would be good.

Mr. O'Donnell mentioned the 12 issues that need addressing for clients in the outreach category. It is important to put them on the record again as there are so many of them and they are all diverse. The list is accommodation, addiction, mental health, methadone involvement, relationship issues, anger management, finance and debt, literacy, low self-esteem, difficult early life experiences, unemployment and education deficits. In trying to get an idea of those 12 issues, would there be some more prevalent than others in participants of the programme? Would any of those 12 issues with which they would present be more serious than the others or would they present with a bit of all of them? To what extent do any of those issues impede persons going on the programme? These are all serious difficulties and one, in itself, would be a problem. If they are experiencing a lot of these issues, it must be really tough.