Ciara Conway (Waterford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

My apologies for being late. A journey that normally takes 15 minutes took an hour this morning. Our guests this morning are Dr. Tony O'Connell, national director of the acute hospital division of the HSE, Ms Angela Fitzgerald, deputy national director, and Dr. Áine Carroll, national director of clinical strategy and programmes in the HSE. I thank them for being with us this morning and invite Dr. O'Connell to make his opening remarks.