Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a final question for Dr. Lambert on the points she raised about 80% to 90% of people with mental health issues who have addiction issues, maybe changing the way we view people in the throes of addiction and what we could do. Ms Anna Quigley, who was here last week, said that, in the past, there was a much better integrated co-operative system between the HSE, the different Departments, the different community groups and service providers. Do we need to get back to that kind of system, getting everyone around the table to develop policy and deliver what needs to happen? Ms Quigley and a lot of the groups we were talking to seem to think there is a major disconnect between the Departments and what is happening on the ground.