Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I was tuned in from the beginning and had to turn off when I got on campus to get down to the committee room. I have listened with interest to what everybody has said and I thank the witnesses for their submissions on this important subject. I also listened to the contributions that went before me from committee members.

It is clearly established that once-off funding on a yearly basis is not working or cutting the ice. It might make for good political announcements but it is not where we need to be or what we need to do. I want to tease out what exactly we need to do. Has the number of clinical psychologists needed in the third level system been quantified?