Mr. Damien McCallion:

Mr. Forbes and Mr. Guckian might also want to comment on this. Our process is that we work with the various partners in the areas that are working around the Border. These obviously include the statutory partners. They will be taking feedback from within their own areas. If I take mental health as an example, we have a working group that is comprised of people from both jurisdictions. We have a chair and deputy chair across the two jurisdictions to get a balance with professionals and experts working in those areas. We look at where the priorities are, how are they aligned to the policies in those jurisdictions, where the focus is in the geography and what the epidemiological, public health or supporting evidence is for it. Then, on that basis, we try to form the priorities. If there are issues within communities, for example, with the mental health services in Cavan and Monaghan, they will be feeding in their experience from those who are working and engaging with those partners at a local level. Then, when we come to deliver the project, we still have obligations under the EU in relation to issues like tendering and so on. We have certain obligations there but we work with community groups to try to support them and to try to make that as seamless as we can.

Mr. Forbes’s team takes the lead on that CAWT, which is the office is based in Derry. They provide that support. To be honest, without that, the partners would not have the capacity or time to deliver. Communities get input through the existing statutory frameworks. Each jurisdiction has its own way of engaging with communities. We do it in the South. Mr. Guckian and Mr. Forbes will want to talk about Northern Ireland. In mental health, we engage with all of the various advocacy groups in looking to develop. There is therefore a lot of legwork involved. Over the past 12 months, we have been building up these ideas. We have been engaging and trying to make sure that it is there before we ever get a call for a tender from the EU under the call for proposals. Therefore, there is a huge amount of preparatory work involved to make sure that we are well aligned in order that when we do submit a proposal, it will be fit for purpose and it will deliver. As well as this, we will know we can deliver it.

Mr. Guckian or Mr. Forbes might want to talk about that consultation process within the sector in Northern Ireland or other examples in CAWT as well.