Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a couple of questions. I should put on the record that I am one of those on the waiting list. I went in to upgrade my glasses and a problem was identified. I was told there was nothing to worry about. It is all right for him; he is not the one on the waiting list. I suppose that is one way for many people to pick up that information.

There was an interesting point about one company having access to 1 million possible cases and how that would be really important societally for anyone doing research on it. Perhaps the HSE or Vision Ireland could engage directly with that company. There might be something there.

Picking up on something that was said earlier, why are there so few eye doctors in Ireland? Are we not training enough of them? Is there availability for training? Why is Ireland so bad? I imagine Mr. Mullaniff will probably link it to the strategy. It seems strange that we have so few.