Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

To track back to where I began, I refer to the poll findings concerning the mental health pressures on members of the union, that is, the people who work in banks. The general secretary indicated that if the correct measures were taken now, this situation could be managed and that staff would see light at the end of the tunnel as they would feel their concerns, having been voiced, were being listened to. The flip side of that coin is that action is not taken. I do not want that to be the case and neither does anyone here but there is no guarantee that this will not be the case. If no action is taken and the mental health pressures, which have been vividly shown in the poll findings, were to increase as the pace and pressure of this situation increases, how bad would the scenario be in terms there being a potential mental health crisis in banks and among the union's members?