Ms Magdalen Rogers:

There is a mechanism for that through the ongoing dialogue fora with the voluntary sector on foot of the independent review group on the role of voluntary providers in health and social care services. There is a forum and the committee could be mindful and watchful of that space so there is a full implementation of the recommendations of the report arising from that dialogue and forum.

On the support we have got from the HSE and the Department of Health to date in respect of the Patients Deserve Better campaign and the Estimates process this year coming into the development of the next service plan and successive service plans, as Professor Hardiman said, we are being realistic. We know we are not going to get 100 nurses in one year, but we will certainly be watching this space in terms of the commitment in successive service plans, through the lifetime of this Administration, to tackle the shortage in nurse specialists.