Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Christ was able to do it as well. We try. I thank our guests. I was following the meeting from my office but decided it would be more polite to come down to the committee room. It is always good to see the white of a person's eyes when one is speaking to him or her.

I have read our guests' opening statements. I am not an expert on hepatitis C, but we have often heard about it through the years. The prospect of eradicating any such condition is fantastic. I have been enlightened by our guests opening statements and the debate thus far. Ms Perry referred to collecting regional data and regional testing. I ask her to talk us through that. It seems to be a feature of healthcare. Obviously, healthcare is broken down into regions. Is there currently variance in terms of what is happening in different parts of Ireland? Is there best and worst practice?