Mr. Jim Ryan:

Nationally, we are very aware, from a secondary care point of view, that we need to bolster primary care, especially psychology. One of the initiatives we have taken over the past number of years is the development of primary care assistant psychologists. We have funded 120 assistant psychologists from secondary care mental health services for primary care, nationally, on the basis that we know that they do some very good work at primary care level in working with the psychologists that we already have and they also provide online support. More fundamentally, many of them go on to the doctor programme to become psychologists within the system and mental health services.

That figure of 120 is growing. In other words, we have 120 at any particular time. We have new people coming in as others move out of the system. With regard to secondary care and mental health services and what Ms O'Connor said earlier, CAMHS is for 2% of the population and we need to make sure that 2% is adequately and appropriately met, rather than a situation where people end up on a CAMHS waiting list for services that should be provided with services in primary care.

I am not sure of the specifics in either north or south Kerry. Mr. Fitzgerald may have more information. If we do not, we can certainly get it to the Senator.