Professor John McNamara:

I will answer briefly and then hand over to my colleague. Senator Boyhan asked about the funding we get. I do not have the exact funding offhand. It is in our annual report, which is laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. The funding is there. We have approximately 385 advisers in round figures. The focus of what we are doing is to maximise the contact between farmers and to target people towards mental health services.

Our role is to focus farmers in the right direction.

The question on the charter of rights is something I will bring back to our senior management. We were asked what service we have. We mentioned On Feirm Ground in our statement. We are training up advisers. The Departments of Health and agriculture provide funding to assist farmers. We are integrating our service into advisory work.

Senator Daly made a point about the hard-to-reach. About a third of farmers are clients of Teagasc, a third are clients of private consultants and a third are not in contact with anyone. Consultants are involved in On Feirm Ground as well, so we are seeking to maximise the reach. Farmers are self-employed and run their own affairs. We seek to encourage them through communications and events to come to talk to us. We are always trying to increase our numbers.

Senator Brady mentioned the stress on farmers. I will hand over to my colleague on that matter.