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Much of the expenditure that goes to health boards is also used for that purpose, to meet local priorities. Many health boards have imaginative and positive initiatives to tackle those issues.
That is not the case. We all have different abilities. Many adults have difficulty in grasping certain concepts, but there are many very able children who can grasp them.
Ultimately, as we are the provider of the resources, it is our decision whether resources should be spent on that or on one of the many other things that they could be spent on.
The reality is that, given the difficulties that many of these young people face, it is unrealistic to think that they will stop their offending behaviour within six or nine months.
However, that does not preclude the Government from expressing an opinion on the report at this point.We know that the Government has opinions on many of the issues that were raised by McCrone.