Mr. Lawrence Murphy:

The partnership created a programme whereby peers, who were identified from addiction services and homelessness services and among individuals who did not know how they had contracted the disease, were trained over a couple of days regarding how to approach and listen to people but also how to inform people about the burden of hepatitis C and the pathway that was being created. I understand this approach was mostly confined to Dublin but it could be replicated and that is the great thing about peers. There are peers throughout the country who could be resourced and led in such a way that they could guide other individuals to the cure for hepatitis C.