Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have a final, two-pronged question. Inadequacies for stroke survivors were mentioned.

I ask the witnesses to detail those inadequacies and to outline what buttons we, as Oireachtas Members, need to push in that regard.

It was mentioned that air pollution is the cause of 1,500 deaths per annum. That shocked me. In Ireland, much of the resources in this area are focused on litter pollution, with little heed or credence to noise or air pollution. That air pollution accounts for the loss of 1,500 lives per annum is alarming. Are there particular types of air pollution about which the organisations are concerned? Is the figure of 1,500 referenced under a general pollution heading or are there specific things of which we should be more fearful as a society?