The number of recorded suicide victims has risen since 1997 and been consistently higher than the number of road accident victims. We know how concerned society is about this and I welcome the efforts to alleviate the crisis which have been of major assistance. The statistics for suicide were 444 in 1997, 504 in 1998, 439 in 1999, 413 in 2000 and an increase to 448 in 2001. In Dublin there were more than 100 suicide victims per year for each of the years from 1997 to 1999.