Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Briefly, do our witnesses have a means of comparing the standard and quality of our mental health services here with those in adjoining jurisdictions and, in particular, throughout Europe? Where do the best services apply? How do they do this comparison? How do we compare? What are their staffing levels like? Presumably, our eyewitnesses attend professional conferences at European and international level. Are their services as good or are they way off the mark?

What are the levels of suicide in various other European countries? From the information that our witnesses have been able to glean, how do we compare? I have an idea of what the answer to that is but I am looking for confirmation of that. How do these countries address this issue in comparison with our services? Can we do more or are we doing the best we can?