Mr. Gerry Murphy:

There are many good examples. There was mention of Clare. We visited Clare, which has a fabulous operation with very committed services. Many groups are operating good services. The groups themselves share good practice, which is very good. Their representative organisation is becoming stronger and more active in the area of pulling together good practice. This will not be done on a pilot basis. It will be done on an immediate basis for them all. The objective is that by January or February we will have reconstituted those groups into 18 units. We will make the best use of supporting information technology. A group in the Sligo area has developed very good technology and we will investigate using that across the groups. I know the service offered in Meath is very good, but there are many good examples throughout the country.