Mr. Bernard Gloster:

Sure. Obviously, I am not aware of the individual case. Cork is in community healthcare area 4. As I am sure the Senator knows, Cork and Kerry combined have the second highest under-18 population in the country at 168,542. They currently have a clinical whole-time equivalent workforce in the child and adolescent mental health services of 76.97, so just under 77 whole-time equivalents. Their rate of seeing new referrals is not out of kilter with those of the rest of the country nor is their rate of referrals seen per clinical whole-time equivalent, WTE, available. They are high on the waiting list end. They have 630 on a waiting list, with 192 of those waiting over 12 months. The 630 on the waiting list is out of a national figure of 2,600, so there are pressure points there. Of the interventions that were made, probably the most critical is that nationwide this year a new grade was introduced into the psychology service of assistant psychologist, and 100 posts were deployed across the country in that respect. I do not have the exact figure for Cork but I will follow up on the Senator's concern and query with my colleague, the chief officer, and ask him to write to the Senator directly about it.