The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is in the Chamber and she may want to take this question. I raise the important and sensitive issue of the closure of the Letterkenny-based child and adolescent counselling service. It is the only one in our county and it is a vital amenity that provides services right across the county, not just in Letterkenny but elsewhere. Some 120 clients avail of counselling services at any time, with hundreds on the waiting list. It has been delivering a service across the county since 2010 and has huge support. It is where many of the families of the Creeslough tragedy turned, those who were victims themselves and families of the victims. I spoke to one mother who lost her beautiful daughter in the Creeslough tragedy. I know she was in contact directly with the Minister of State as well. She talks about the support she and her family get from this service. The fact that the service is now in a wind-down mode because it has been refused core funding is devastating to anybody who is availing of counselling services. Anybody who is going through counselling knows the impact of not knowing that a counsellor will be available in the coming weeks or months.

I thank the Deputy.

We have asked that the HSE and Tusla directly engage with people.

The time is up.

I will finish on this point.

The Deputy is over time.

Has the Minister of State had a chance to intervene to date and can she shed any light on the matter?

I thank the Deputy for raising this really important issue. I do understand how important this service is. I have spoken to those using the service and those involved in setting it up. Colleagues of the Deputy had a meeting with the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, yesterday as well. I was also in contact with Dermot Monaghan, who is the chief officer in the area.

When I spoke yesterday I had not received the briefing in this regard. Where we are now is that a meeting has been scheduled by the HSE to review the request received from the Raphoe diocesan pastoral services and consideration will be given to all the issues arising, taking particular cognisance of the impacts on the service users. It covers primary care, social inclusion, Tusla and mental health. Now, my mental health budget last year did provide €56,428 for a waiting list initiative and we will look at this aspect again. I will, though, stay over the details of this issue, working with everybody. This is a hugely important service and I was very much struck by someone bereaved by the Creeslough tragedy reaching out personally to my office.