Gillian Toole (Meath East, Independent)

Solutions are always coming forward but it is the action piece that is the logjam. I will be cheeky. On formal structures, the HSE is the overarching body with some involvement by the Department of Social Protection. Are there formal structures for to and fro, feedback and meeting? Are there deadlines? Are there progress reports? There is some stuff available online but is there an actual structure and commitment to meet objectives in all the different policies to move? When I look back on the timeline and I see 2011, 2016, 2019, 2021, historical attendances by representatives of the organisations present here, I wonder is there a formal structure. I may be corrected if I am wrong but the remit of this committee will be to collate everything it hears and then present it in an action plan.

A lot of that has already been done and it is probably frustrating the hell out of all of the witnesses. How do we actually get results?