Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I draw the Minister of State's attention not to what is best practice in Germany or Scotland, although I recognise that we have similar issues to our Scottish neighbours, but to the fact that today the outgoing mayor of South Dublin County Council, with representatives of the HSE and Comhairle na nÓg, is launching a smart phone app entitled MindMindR. I have seen it and I am hugely impressed by it. It has been developed by South Dublin County Council and acts as an information port with all of the salient details of local mental health services. I commend it to the Minister of State as something I have seen in the past few days that is an example of a powerful initiative and best practice. Will she take the time to inform herself of it and consider its potential for roll-out nationally, suitably adjusted to local area needs? If she has not done so already, would she or her officials be prepared to meet its initiators? I have no doubt that those who are behind this initiative would very much welcome a positive response from her today. It is what they and the rest of us deserve, namely, that it be released.

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