Gabrielle McFadden (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have three comments.

The first relates to something that should not but does happen to public representatives. This is where a person comes to us who is suicidal. I advise these people to go to their general practitioners, GPs. The GPs send them to hospital and the hospital sends them home. What should a politician do in that situation? Where should I send someone? The person I have in mind was sent home three times from a hospital and is suicidal. What is a person physically to do in that situation?

Is there assessment of the outcomes in respect of the other organisations used by the HSE? If the CHO gives €100,000 to an organisation, is an assessment carried out at the end of the year to see what outcomes emerged and what value for money was achieved?

I will give the HSE representatives a half-day after my last question. Can they explain some of the references in appendix 4, for example, "general support" and "patient-inclined"?