Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Welcome to everybody. I want to stay on the issues of the regional roll-out, access and the postcode lottery, in light of the fact that we are moving to Sláintecare and have just seen the appointment of some of the senior roles in the CHOs. This relates to the last point about how we achieve parity of care across the CHOs and what the witnesses would like to see in that regard. Is it an audit? Is it a benchmark standard document that goes out? What would be their comfort level and what would work in terms of ensuring that CHOs are providing a baseline standard? Obviously, CHOs have a choice about where they prioritise funding and I do not think anybody is suggesting that they do not, because that is the point of regional set-ups. I am interested, in terms of organisation, in what our guests would like to see.