Ms Siobh?n McArdle:

I thank Senator Black. All areas of the country are covered by mental health teams, be that community adult mental health teams or the children's service. However, the Senator is pointing to an issue whereby sometimes, in some parts of the country, those teams do not overlap or correspond to some of our primary care teams. One of the focuses for the integrated health regions is to ensure that alignment will happen where it is currently not present so that there is greater alignment for families, GPs or the services between their primary care team and their mental health team. I can assure Senator Black that every part of the country has equal access to community-based mental health services.