Ms Magdalen Rogers:

Efforts are being made by the groups that are here today. There are also some isolated initiatives and individual clinicians doing their best and taking a role in highlighting and researching the issue. As our colleagues have said today, it must have greater prioritisation. The World Health Organization, WHO, report names neurological conditions as the greatest challenge facing public health systems worldwide and we, in Ireland, are not treating them accordingly. We have not been doing so and continue not to address the needs of people with neurological conditions. This is coming down the line like a steamroller because of our aging population and, as a health system, we are not putting in the necessary investment or planning.