Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

To add to that, I read the correspondence. I also heard bits and pieces of the commentary around this matter over the past couple of days. We should ask the HSE about a proposal, as I understand it, to establish six regional assessment teams. Late last night or this morning, the HSE stated that is not possible because it cannot access the agency staff. I would like to know what period was spent trying to assess whether the HSE could get agency staff or to seek expressions of interest. We should ask the HSE that. It is a very imperfect solution. I would rather see those child and adolescent mental health teams being staffed out properly and professional psychologists in place within the public system we are pumping a lot of money into, and rightly so. What call was made on that and were expressions of interest sought from providers? I am concerned, given the timeline between the announcement from the Minister of State and the HSE's refusal overnight or very early this morning. Did it come back yesterday?