Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will be as brief as I can. I welcome the team and thank them for their presentations. Mr. Watt talked in his presentation about the population-based approach to service planning and resource allocation. I come from the west, which is part of area F, the region that covers Connacht and Donegal. It is the largest geographical area. Is it purely going to be based on population or will it be based on disadvantage and demographics? It is a large geographical rural area that has a number of services that are spread out and that will require a higher level of investment vis-à-vis the population, if that makes sense.