Dr. Aideen Hartney:

We have spoken a little bit about capacity within the system, the staffing and the resources. I am aware the committee heard about that at length last week from the HSE but we echo those concerns. Yes, assistive technology absolutely has a place. I am afraid that this is another place where Ireland is probably behind some of its counterparts. There is work under way, however, with the World Health Organization at national level to try to improve our performance there. It will have a lot of scope across a lot of areas of disability to help improve outcomes for people. We will be very interested to contribute to that in any way we can.