Professor David Keegan:

We are. The work of the college has been really progressive in this regard. Irish ophthalmic training has improved exponentially over the past ten to 15 years. Planning for the needs of the future started for medical ophthalmology posts like that of Dr. Rogers, who trained in the UK, seven years ago if not before that, so we are looking to do that and to have a blended model with a combination of medical ophthalmologists and surgical ophthalmologists with a target statement - please excuse those lean terms - of about 50-50. We have a lot of doctors in our system. We will still rely on those consultant approvals being signed off. It comes back to setting up the system, working with a finance team that will help you create the business case properly, putting metrics around each post, submitting it to the HSE and having it approved and having accountability. We feel strongly about accountability around what we do. In paediatric care, and I have to represent our colleagues here, particularly Stephen Farrell and Sarah Shanley, about paediatric shortfall about which Ms. Ryan may have a view ahead of moving into the children's hospital.