Dr. Aideen Hartney:

We consult the ones we are aware of. I will probably forget some of the ones on the list but that includes Independent Living Movement Ireland; the Irish Deaf Society; Voice of Vision Impairment; Physical Impairment Ireland; the National Platform of Self Advocates; AsIAm; and Disabled Women of Ireland. Those are the national DPOs that are on our radar at the moment. We are always open, and our guidance is always open, to receiving information about others.

I might take the opportunity to record the sad passing of Jacqui Browne, who was the chairperson of the DPO Network and whom I know the committee met recently. She will be a great loss to the landscape.

We engage regularly with these organisations.