Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will also come in on that point because I am actually quite interested. We are on the same train of thought. The Deputy can butt in if she wants; I have no problem with that.

Professor Downes said there was no shortage of counsellors yet a constituent rang me yesterday and told me the earliest session they can get for counselling is February of next year. Professor Downes said there was no shortage of counsellors. Will a lot of these counsellors be taken out of the services to which they already provide counselling and placed into 9-to-5 roles? They may be working or volunteering in the evenings or at nighttime and everything like that. Are we going to put these voluntary organisations that work on a donation-type basis in jeopardy? They are in my constituency and no doubt that of Deputy Conway-Walsh and do a fantastic job. Does Professor Downes think this may drain counsellors from those?