Dr. Eamon Keenan:

I will refer back to a question asked by Deputy Shortall earlier, which relates to the information sought by Deputy Durkan. On care planning of new entrants, which includes all those who have been commenced on opiate substitution treatment in the past two years, among new entrants, 74% of those over the age of 18 years and 86% of those under the age of 18 years have a care plan in place. The target is 100% in all groups. It is only through care planning that people can move forward and get the appropriate treatment and interventions because the individual is involved in the development of the care plan him or herself.

The Deputy is quite right about family support services. We received additional funding to develop family support services to support those services that are working with families who are dealing with a young person with a substance misuse problem. That is an important issue to identify and support.