David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

One of the recommendations outlined in the opening statement was to bring in regional experts to address regional needs, which makes sense. I do not think anyone could argue against that. Given that over the next number of years we are hopefully going to see the establishment of regional health areas, which will align CHOs with hospital groups and result in much more streamlined and integrated healthcare, what kind of structure or model does Mr. Keane envisage on this issue to fit into regional health areas when they are established? That will obviously take some time but he spoke about regional experts and regional structures. What kind of structures are they?