I wish to refer to the area covered by the Mid-Western Health Board, including counties Clare and Limerick. In 2001 the Mid-Western Health Board area had the second highest rate of suicide, at approximately 14 per 100,000 population. That is particularly high by comparison with some other areas. The national parasuicide register shows there were 966 suicide attempts involving 716 individuals. In County Clare there were 145 suicide attempts involving 127 individuals. That is a particularly chilling statistic for a county with a population of only 100,000 and a matter about which I am quite concerned. Considering that suicide and parasuicide appear more likely to occur in rural, rather than urban areas, we need to examine the causes of this problem. Access to psychiatric and other medical services must help in addressing the problem to a greater degree in urban areas. This would suggest a need for some form of mobile psychiatric unit or better access to psychiatric services in rural areas.