Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome all the witnesses this morning and thank their organisations for the wonderful, Trojan work they do.

I also acknowledge that all of our guests are female. I do not think I have ever attended a committee meeting with a full panel of female representatives - go, girls. It is great to see all of them.

The World Health Organization has stated providing adequate services to help people with neurological conditions is one of the greatest challenges facing public health systems. While we are concentrating only on the Irish system, it must be acknowledged that it is a worldwide problem, for want of a better word. Was a representative of the HSE invited to attend the meeting?