Mr. John Farrelly:

We can speak to that. We welcome anything. We worry about this concept of a pilot so late in the day but we also welcome it. If we look underneath, it comes back to the idea of resources being allocated for this to happen and to become integrated in the community. It is just that these issues do not tend to be prioritised until something happens on the ground and they are raised in that context. We hope the pilot will be expedited and rolled out throughout the country and that we have a pilot that works. We do not need to have 27 other pilots in 27 other areas. We should agree this is the methodology. If we were regulating it under this Act, for example, we could use that information to set standards, we could roll it out and we could help monitor it.

I have noticed one thing. I know there is a need for Government and opposition, but there is now a cross-party emphasis on mental health that I hope we can tap into this time. I welcome it but there were also proposals for this a number of years ago. I would like to see it actually implemented.