Chairman:

Before I pass the witnesses onto Deputy Browne, I want to throw in my tuppence ha'penny worth. One of the comments Dr. O'Brien made was about the suicide rates and the decrease possibly due to the increased use of antidepressants. That is a very naive comment because there are many inputs into suicide intervention and prevention and looking at antidepressants alone is probably the wrong thing. When people are prescribed medication it does not have an immediate effect in the first two, three or four weeks but it can have a very immediate effect and create symptoms such as suicidal ideation, which these medications can create. A lot of people have gotten in touch with us on that very topic.

I will pass the witnesses on. There were a million other questions. All the questions that are not answered now will be put into a letter for the witnesses to answer. We are running very late. I will pass on to Deputy Browne.