Mr. Dean Sullivan:

We also need to be clear that we are aware of the overall budget around that which is committed to specialist mental health services and we are aware of the budgets in other areas. We are aware of the staffing involved in the delivery of CAMHS services and of the activity that the staff should deliver and of the demand for those services as distinct from the need for them. Forty per cent of the demand could potentially be met in a different way.

Returning to some of the discussion with Deputy Buckley, it is entirely reasonable and it is the committee's role to hold us to account for delivering what we can reasonably do. The engagement becomes less valuable when we wander into matters where, bluntly, there is no chance of it. If the Chairman sends me to Tesco today to buy €100 worth of food and gives me €70, she will be disappointed.