Frances Black (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Hoey for that information.

I was very pleased to hear that five out of the six new regional executive officers are now in place. Again, I commend all of the work done in this regard. Would it be possible for one of the REOs to outline the work thus far and to highlight any instances of particular challenges that might arise? I would be really interested to know whether cross-region collaboration is one of the mechanisms that will be used to improve service delivery, for example, through allowing individuals to access services outside of their own CHO if wait times were shorter elsewhere. Is it possible to get a little bit more information on that?