Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Engagement with Co-operation and Working Together

Mr. Bill Forbes:

There is no identification of that project as yet. To reinforce what Mr. Guckian says, there is cross-Border agreement on clinicians and patients between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland for services such as vascular, geriatrics, dermatology and urology and the project is very successful. It operates under INTERREG VA, which has exceeded its beneficiaries by more than 10%. That is working very well. Covid did have an impact on all services, but we came up with innovative ways of bringing those services forward. We have started a new programme.