Dr. John Hillery:

Of course, the lack of a national lead is also shown in the fact that we have all these providers. In my county of Clare, and I note Senator Conway is here, there are a lot of volunteer groups which have stepped into the breach because it was not being done at a national level. Of course, that is good. We commend these people on the work they do. At the same time, however, once again, we are back to there being no national approach to these issues and no one at the centre saying that each county needs this. It should not be up to local people - often people who are under huge stress because they have a family member with an issue - to do this. It is another symptom of what has been going on and that lack of national leadership.