Mr. Ger Reaney:

That is a fair point and I apologise if I picked up the Senator's point wrong. We had a meeting recently with our head of social care and with Ms Glennon because many people with dementia are treated by geriatricians. We are putting in place a process with our consultant colleagues in both the psychiatry of old age and with geriatricians, to ensure we have the correct pathways. My experience is that people do get to the right place but at the moment it may take a little bit longer than is ideal. With the growth in dementia, it is an area we cannot be complacent about.

I fully endorse Senator Kelleher's theme on silos. We need to be constantly conscious of this area. I refer back to the community health care networks as being the most comprehensive way to have a local structure for a population of 50,000, and where primary care is linked closely to all the other services, therefore facilitating those services in talking to each in a better way. The current structures do not support that as well as they should. My colleagues and I are very anxious that we can move on with the roll out of the community health care networks. Ms Glennon will address the issues relating to CAMHS.