Dr. Siobh?n N? Bhriain:

There are supports in place. My clinical background is in psychiatry and generally, in treatment in psychiatry, we try to support families as much as possible. It is a principle of care to involve family members. Clearly, if an individual does not want his or her family member involved, that can create difficulties but support services are out there. We are working this year particularly to improve our mental health service user and family engagement team, which has been extant in the HSE for a considerable period. We can certainly get more information on existing supports for families and carers. For older persons, again, there are quite significant supports for carers of people with the complex psychological problems that come with old age.

Would the Senator like us to talk a little about our child and youth mental health improvement programme?