David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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Here we go again. Again, I find this extraordinary. How, in God's name, are we meant to plan for the needs of stroke survivors if we do not even know how many of them there are? If the HSE has not even conducted an audit and does not have a registry of the number of stroke survivors, how are we going to put in place a plan that provides for their needs? Again, this is something the committee has to take up. It is just outrageous that this is the case.

I will move on to Mr. Johnson on the issue of prevention. He quite rightly outlined that prevention is important. He talked about screening and testing. I myself have been tested, mainly at party Ard-Fheiseanna. The IHF sets up a stall at party Ard-Fheiseanna and similar events and does blood pressure testing. What level of screening and testing is carried out by the HSE in the general population? What more needs to be done?