Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 February 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Co-operation and Working Together
Mr. Damien McCallion:
In the past, we have had initiatives focused on that, for example, ophthalmology and other services. What is important to remember in terms of EU funding is that it is largely a case of trying to focus on new and innovative ways of doing things rather than being able to solve an existing problem. Having said that, it does also facilitate some of those arrangements, such as ENT, between the Southern Health and Social Care Trust and the north-eastern area. Mr. Forbes might want to talk to those. There is ongoing collaboration around ENT in those areas, so it is a legacy of a project that we would have done and then that is sustained in some way. The projects are very much focused on innovation and trying out new things and if they work to mainstream them. CAWT would not be responsible directly for those, but as a result of the work within CAWT sometimes the partners might collaborate and identify if they can get extra capacity or resources and work together to avail of that. Mr. Forbes or Mr. Guckian might want to say more about it.
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