Mr. Joe Slattery:

The silence is an answer in itself. There are a lot of studies on how to approach people and adolescents in addiction. There are different models out there. No one has ever thought of the families, however. There is very little out there other than the research that we create ourselves by the people. For example, we get nice funding in Limerick. We can provide a vast amount of support to the people coming in. I tie in with other services like the family resource centre for the south east, but it has nothing. It comes to us asking how this is the case. I have a good relationship with the HSE. It is located down the road and it sees what we do. We give it strong evidence and the numbers prove it. Those HSE individuals in Limerick then back us up at the next level. Other services probably do not have the same relationship or that ability. It should not be that way.