Dr. John Hillery:

Are there CHOs where services work? We know this is not a CHO issue. There are CHOs where there are good teams and some of the same CHOs have teams that are not working so well. To go back to what the representatives from the Ombudsman for Children's Office said, there is a lack of communication of good practice. We hear a lot about bad practice in local newspapers and on the radio but there are also good practices. We do not seem to have found a way to share this throughout the country, and not only throughout the country but throughout CHOs. Perhaps some of this is due to people being under pressure. They do not have time to meet. However we will not have good services unless we facilitate the sharing of good practice.

Senator Clonan's next question was about doctors with no higher specialist training.