Mental health is an issue that we discuss frequently in this House, and rightly so. Drug use and addiction are two of the major contributory factors to mental health problems. In north Tipperary, we have a voluntary organisation, CARMHA Ireland, which offers a vital counselling service to a large number of clients. It is falling between two stools and is failing to get funding from the HSE. It will have to cease its operations very shortly. I ask the Taoiseach to direct the HSE to see what mechanism can be used to fund the voluntary organisations, such as CARMHA Ireland, so that it can continue to provide the vital counselling service that it offers to the people of north Tipperary.

I thank the Deputy for his question. Yesterday, I announced that of the €10 million that was made available to mental health on budget day, €1 million of it will be allocated to community and voluntary organisations throughout the country. It will be administered through Mental Health Ireland. The portal will go live next Monday, 29 January 2022. The amount that will be allocated is between €5,000 and €30,000, depending on the various organisations. There are obviously criteria that organisations will have to adhere to to get this funding. The opportunity is there for any organisation, community or voluntary, from Monday, 29 January to go online and apply for that funding.