Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)

Does the Minister accept the research I quoted earlier on the increase in suicide levels during periods of recession? Research going back to the 1890s by Emile Durkheim shows there is an increase in suicide during recessionary periods. Does the Minister accept that is the case and that provision must be made to deal with it? What, if any, will be the cuts in funding to the National Office for Suicide Prevention in the 2009 budget? If there are cuts, will they be in the operation of its direct services and what level of cuts will there be to the voluntary organisations funded by the National Office for Suicide Prevention?

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