Dr. Amir Niazi:

The Deputy is absolutely right. The way we are currently delivering services is such mental health services look after patients whose primary diagnosis is of mental health difficulties, even if the patient attends in respect of addiction issues. If the patient's primary issue is addiction, he or she is looked after by the addiction services and we provide support. The Deputy is correct that the services are not working together. We are currently looking at a clinical programme or service improvement whereby the two services can work together. I have started working on it and hope that a programme will be announced very soon. It is in the programme for Government and is clearly mentioned in the Sláintecare programme. The integration of services is one of the key elements on which we are trying to work.