Dr. Shari McDaid:

I cannot see it as an either-or. I think we have an estimate that 300,000 adults in Ireland will have a mental health difficulty at some level over the course of a year. Our counselling and primary care service has capacity to see 11,000, less than 10% so we need both and we need both urgently. We need to build up the digital mental health supports and the options for using them throughout the mental health system but we need to do it safely and in a way that recognises the integral and vital role of mental health professionals in our mental health system.