Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 July 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
The Cost of Blindness in Ireland: National Vision Coalition
11:05 am
John Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source
May I ask one question? While this is a crude indicator across jurisdictions, Ireland tends to be under-provided compared with western Europe in that we have perhaps one fifth of what we need. The British tend to have approximately one quarter of what they need and they actually constitute a very low bar for comparison. Consequently, if we have approximately two thirds of what the Scots have, I am guessing that we are even further below the European average.
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