Dr. Fiona Keogh:

I might just add to that. If we have a ten-year costed implementation plan for Sharing the Vision, it does not mean that we have to jump from 5% to 10% by next year. Over a ten-year period, we should be able to move to at least 10% incrementally.

If we are calling for much better cross-governmental, cross-departmental and cross-agency working, we should also get better at tracking the contribution that is being made by other Departments and agencies to mental health spending.

For example, if the Department of Social Protection is funding employment support workers, that is a crucial part of the mental health infrastructure. If the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is funding housing support workers, again, that is crucial, as it is if the Department of Education is funding psychological supports in schools. We need to be much better at capturing that. It should not be beyond our collective wisdom and effort to be able to move incrementally to 10% over a ten-year period.