Ms Marie Lawless:

To lead with a pictorial vision, Ms Bryans mentioned recovery month this year. In Ballymun, we made the town purple by placing purple footprints in different areas, going from shops to park benches and other buildings. The idea was to say that, wherever people's journeys start, they will be supported along the way and we will be there with them. With regard to access, the Deputy brought up a really important point. The nature and extent of service user involvement from the very beginning helps to define the nature and type of services that are provided to meet their needs and that are openly accessible to them. Again, it is not necessarily about bringing people to services, but about bringing the services to the community. Covid really put a spotlight on that. We also need to change our practices and have those doors open. That mirror image must be very visible in the community. I cannot remember who, but somebody mentioned getting to people before the issue arises. It is about the community mobilisation sites Ms Leonard referred to, about having those conversations in the community and about the community having ownership and a role in designing those interventions so that, when an alcohol issue presents itself, people will know who to go to because they will remember people mentioning different things. The Covid pandemic presented a really great opportunity for those conversations. Conversation was the greatest tool and resource we had. I just wanted to mention that image of the footprints, guiding people along the way. For next year, we are thinking about purple ladders to the sky.