Dr. Duncan Rogers:

I can speak to the consultant medical ophthalmology community, because it is a small one. There are two posts in Cork and Kerry and another three in Galway. We have a shared WhatsApp group and semi-regular meetings where we discuss what we are doing with our services because, as the Deputy said, they are starting to begin. We are trying to make sure that what we are doing in our individual services is aligned across all services. For example, the most recent discussion was about what we are doing regarding study leave for our teams. We have made sure that is unified across Dublin. We also discussed it with our colleagues in Cork and Kerry. It is a small example, but it is about beginning the conversation to make sure that, in particular with the new services and integrated eye care teams, that we try to make sure that, as much as possible, we have a mirror of practice across the country nationally rather than within the Dublin area or individual CHOs.