Mr. Odhr?n Allen:

We could find ways to make it work. That is why in our opening statement we talked about collaborative thinking and new practices. W all need to get into the room and work together. Unfortunately that has not been the approach. The national clinical programme for people with disabilities points out there are three legs to the stool of the HSE. It has a remit for developing or designing the clinical programme for how HSE clinical services will be delivered to children and adults. However, it states that the two other legs of the stool are beyond its remit. One is operations, which is outside the clinical programme's remit, and the second is resourcing or the budget. Those responsible need to be brought into the same room as the professionals. The three legs of the stool need to talk. A forum should be created to include those responsible for design, operations and budgets, representatives of the professional bodies and clinicians who are on the ground. Why do we not create such a forum sooner rather than later?