Mr. Damien McCallion:

I accept that children's teams are below 70% in terms of numbers, particularly with regard to therapies. That is a big challenge for those teams. We are looking at a number of initiatives. We are looking at sponsorship in some cases. Some of our CHOs are doing that to see how successful it will be. We know we have a limited pool of graduates in Ireland in any given year and we are looking to utilise those across a range of areas. We talked about enhanced community care, acute care and CAMHS, which the Deputy mentioned. A range of services need those same grades. We have commenced a process internationally in recent weeks to see whether we can also supplement the current supply in Ireland, because clearly there is a constraint through international recruitment both in the UK and further afield. We are working with our HR team on that. We are looking at all options because we recognise that priority areas for us are some of the people who are most vulnerable in terms of disability and CAMHS.