Professor Tim McDonnell:

There was a question on what the HSE is doing about respiratory disease. It has got a number of clinical programmes devoted to respiratory disease, including COPD, asthma and cystic fibrosis. There are those three but, as we have heard today, there are gaps in other areas. We have not heard about issues relating to sleep or lung diseases. There is nobody here today representing tuberculosis, which is another area. To revert to Deputy Colreavy's point, this disease of deprivation has perhaps not had the attention it merits.