Dr. John Hillery:

Dr. Finnerty made a similar statement in her report regarding a need to go back to look at what has to be done now to ensure children and adolescents get the services they need. That is taking into account matters such as national finances and the availability of trained staff. We have to provide a service with what is available to us and ensure we are making maximum use of what we have. That is probably about going back to a drawing board but we are not talking about getting rid of what is there. I might get clumsy in my analogies but it is about having something on a drawing board that everyone agrees to and will follow. If we know that is happening to start with, we can then move on from there to add to it.