Frances Black (Independent)
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I thank all the witnesses for coming in. I am sorry to have missed last week's meeting when Mr. Gloster was here. It is good to speak to him today and I wish him well in his new role. There is no doubt he has taken on a position of great responsibility during a potentially transformative time in the history of Irish healthcare so I wish him well and I hope the committee can assist him in his efforts.

I am the Chair of the Subcommittee on Mental Health. We are holding meetings to assess the implementation of the Sharing the Vision programme. If I may, I would like to ask Mr. Gloster some questions on this and get his thoughts on the Sharing the Vision report and its implementation. I was very pleased to read that implementing the models of care for older people's mental health and dual diagnosis are in the Sláintecare 2023 action plan. Can Mr. Gloster outline what needs to be done to achieve that? How is the HSE working with voluntary sector organisations providing services in these areas?