Dr. Cathal Morgan:

Deputy Dillon and Deputy Sherlock asked somewhat similar questions. I will ask Ms Crehan-Roche, the chief officer of community healthcare west, to address specifically the progress being made in the west which may be relevant to CHO 2. Regarding Deputy Sherlock's question, I will provide a report to the committee on the precise granular detail of the breakdown of the €7.8 million concerning the specific scheme per CHO and how that breaks down. I will also go a little bit further than that. I would like to be able to reflect more detail specific to the level of resources in each CHO, including staffing, to give a broader flavour of the type of resources available.

The Deputy will know from his constituency that CHO 4 covers counties Cork and Kerry, a massive geographical space. It is important to reflect, and this aspect is not often seen, that Cork north Lee and Cork south Lee is where the significant issue with responding to particular needs. That does not necessarily reflect the position overall in counties Cork and Kerry. There is a specific issue in Cork north Lee and Cork south Lee that we must address through this initiative. I will provide that granular detail to the committee. I ask Ms Crehan-Roche to address the issue of the children's disability network teams and how advanced they are in CHO 2, which is an example of all the other CHOs.