Ms Laura Magahy:

I thank the Senator. It crosses several areas. One of the biggest opportunities is within the healthy communities context. We are working at local level with community groups and across agencies. For example, we are working with Tusla and social welfare colleagues, especially in respect of children and vulnerable families. Within the healthy communities context, we have an opportunity because we will have co-ordinators at local level who will link with the relevant agencies to focus on prevention. It has to be done really carefully, however, working with communities and families and through agencies and local bodies. That is where the opportunity lies. We can certainly consider specific initiatives in that regard.