Mr. Mick Devine:

We get frequent referrals from crisis intervention nurses at Cork University Hospital and the Mercy Hospital where are people attending for a crisis maybe due to weekend drug and alcohol use and are kept in hospital for detoxification. Rather than simply discharging people so that there is a kind of revolving door, they try to interrupt the cycle by recommending that they attend treatment with Tabor Group. That is a pretty well-worn referral route to Tabor Group. It could be used considerably more but when somebody is in hospital an opportunity opens up to take further action rather than just address the presenting crisis. Some people will take that opportunity and other people will not take that opportunity. They then contact us when there is an opportunity for a successful intervention.