Ms Magdalen Rogers:

Absolutely. The Senator speaks to a very specific and very important point there. It is about integrated care and that is what we are all trying to achieve here. At MS Ireland, we work very well with the HSE and the health service on these things. To come back to the point about the importance of peer support within that integrated care approach, I note that peer support is not condition specific. We have opened our services to people living with other neurological conditions. For example, 20% of our intake in our respite centre last year was people with other neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease, stroke and ataxia. For our physiotherapy programme, the Active Neuro programme in the mid west was also expanded beyond just MS. That is all taking into account this integrated care approach and working with the health service as it works with us to deliver these services on the ground. No one will deny there is a gap in the service within the health service but that is what we are filling at the moment and we need to be supported to do so.