Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)

We should be encouraged by the progress to date in suicide prevention, in particular the launch of two important strategy documents: Reach Out — A National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention 2005-2014, which was launched in September 2005, and A Vision for Change, the report of the expert group on mental health policy, published in January 2006. Since the establishment of the HSE's NOSP in 2005, which is responsible for the implementation of Reach Out, additional funding of €3.55 million has been provided for its implementation. This brought the total funding available to support suicide prevention initiatives to €8 million and this level of funding continues into 2008.

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