Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chairman. Deputy Gould was the first person from his area to be elected. I was going to say I was the first person but Deputy Gino Kenny took that crown off me.

I was interested to hear Dr. Lambert's remarks on women experiencing menopause entering into addiction. It brought me back to when I was working in a methadone clinic and we had women - I do not know whether they were experiencing menopause - of a certain age who entered the treatment centre for codeine addiction and were placed on methadone. I do not think the menopause was taken into consideration. People came in with an addiction and were placed on methadone because that was the substitute for it. I wonder whether Dr. Healy, who has done a lot of studies, and maybe Dr. Lambert can comment on that. Have there been any studies or research done on this?