Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome our guests and thank them for their presentations.

I will follow up on my colleague's last point. I was a member of the health board and learned a few lessons there, some which have stood to me in good stead. There is a presumption that the rule prevails across the country. There should be no changes from one area to another. The same conditions arise, perhaps to a greater extent in some areas depending on its social and economic make-up. Will Dr. Finnerty comment on whether the seriousness of the discrepancies between one area and another is creating a problem for the delivery of mental health services?