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:

We can revert to the committee on the detail. I think it was mentioned that we had an initial presentation from Wales many years ago. That is where the concept came from. It was a good example of how we are able to take something from one jurisdiction and apply it to both our jurisdictions.

My other point is that it is Tusla, and not the HSE, that is the body in the South that is responsible for many, but not all, of the children services. They were able to come on as a partner, although they are not officially part of the CAWT partnership. That is an important point. Although CAWT comprises the statutory bodies, we work with Tusla we work with voluntary bodies and we work with other patient advocacy groups. Many of our projects are involved with the community and voluntary sector as well. Clearly, when looking at things like community health and well-being, its vital not to just look at the statutory sector that is involved. It is another vehicle to engage those sorts of providers to help to deliver the programmes. We can revert to the committee. There is a fair bit of detail in the annual report in the project about where it is at and the geography that is in. It right across the whole Border corridor. It is one of the projects that runs almost entirely across the whole corridor.

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