Mr. Phelim Quinn:

I will deal with the matter of the resources available within the health and social care services. I will defer to my colleagues on some of the more specialist areas.

In regard to the proposal for extending the functions of standard setting, monitoring and enforcement, I imagine we would be able to access the requisite knowledge, skills and expertise in the Irish context, without necessarily having to go further afield. We have been able to meet our current remit in respect of services provided by the public sector and publicly funded services, with small incursions into other states for some of that expertise. I will ask Ms Flynn to outline the availability of specialist expertise.