Mr. George Kennedy:

I am the CEO of Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland. I am accompanied by Ms Edel Brown, manager of the family support worker side of our organisation, and Ms Hazel McGeough, a family support worker in the Louth-Meath, Cavan-Monaghan and north Dublin areas. Behind me is the parent of a child with hydrocephalous. His name is Mr. Peter Landy.