The indicators that we can turn this problem around are not encouraging. It is widely believed that unemployment has an effect on the suicide rate. Unemployment has a profound effect on any person, particularly those who are young or middle-aged. Irish society awards a particular status and prestige according to a person's position and contribution to work. Unemployment is associated with the loss of that prestige. People who are unemployed are six times more like to suffer a psychiatric disorder than those in employment. Studies show significantly more unemployment, job instability and occupational problems among suicide victims. Of men who took their own lives, as alluded to in the Kelleher-Daly study in Cork with which Senator Ryan may be familiar, two thirds were out of work at the time of their deaths. With the current economic climate which is discussed regularly in the House – not necessarily with the same consensus as today's topic – we appear to be heading into a period of some job losses and readjustment, with people moving between jobs. It is important to watch this issue in that context.