Mr. Neil Guckian:

If the healthcare reforms in Northern Ireland under the Bengoa report are implemented, and if there are further reforms in the southern jurisdiction, where CAWT would be useful is if Border areas are adversely affected. I am very biased and I think of the Western Health and Social Care Trust and the South West Acute Hospital. It goes back to the point made earlier by Deputy Brendan Smith. CAWT can help the two jurisdictions to discuss how the reforms impact in the Border area to make sure Northern Ireland does not make changes that affect the south-west of our area and the southern Government does not make changes that affect the corresponding area. It doubles the impact of access. CAWT can have a role in trying to make sure the Border counties are not adversely affected by the overall impact. This is difficult when we are looking at the impact of two separate decision-making processes and linking it to an EU programme. It is triply difficult. We have to wait until a final decision is made before we can know what the impact will be. We can be even more proactive. It has already been said how passionate I am about helping our links with Sligo particularly.