Dr. Olive Healy:

I thank the Deputy for his comment. It is wonderful, as a researcher, to have a public voice to listen to and tell us how we need to direct our research goals and the themes of our research. In reading submissions from the public, it was great to see that some of our work mirrors what they are requesting and advising us to focus on. It also gives us new ideas for where our research needs to go. Our research should impact the public and we should be using the fruits of our research to improve the lives of the people we are trying to serve.