Ms Fiona Larthwell:

Our experience is mainly with the HSE and HSE-funded services, which are the majority. In the case of the HSE, I expect it would be able to cover those gaps as it has the capacity to do that. Outside the HSE, once a person is provided with hours and the number of hours to be delivered is assigned to them and sent over to the private provider, we expect that provision to be delivered. We expect providers to have policies in place around these kinds of gaps to make sure they are covered.