Negotiations are continuing to find an alternative provider to look after clients currently being treated by the suicide charity, Console.

There are growing indications that Console is to be shut down due to serious financial irregularities between 2012 and 2014.

Its services, which include counseling and a helpline, are expected to be transferred to other support organisations.

Fianna Fail's Robert Troy, who himself has personal experience of mental health issues, says it's critical that the services people rely on are protected: