Ms Barbra Dalton:

Regarding the question on engaging, it is worth noting our colleagues in the Irish Heart Foundation, for example, advocate on nearly a continuous basis to the Minister around publishing the strategy. When we look at what we are doing in Europe and our work through the European Society of Cardiology, we are always looking for common threads across all the countries that bind us together, and the need for an EU cardiovascular plan is one of those. In addition, when we try to contribute data to the various studies within the EU to show the Irish story, we are restricted the whole time by our lack of data and lack of a strategy. It is the cornerstone to us being able to forge ahead.