Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

As I have many questions, I ask the Chair to stop me if I keep going for too long. I have a number of areas to cover, but I want to start with the issue we have just been discussing.

It strikes me that when we talk about mental health in this sector, we use a kind of shorthand. We are trying to deliver services to people who are dealing with something that has happened in their home country or on their journey. I wonder what our guests' groups are seeing with regard to how much the system currently is part of the trauma. I am saying this for Traveller and Roma people also. How much of what we are dealing with relates to past trauma? Are people presenting to the groups who are traumatised by current events, by a lack of housing or social supports, by the rise of protests or by racism? What are people presenting with? Are they trying to deal with things which have been experienced previously or with things that are more current?