Mr. Tony O'Brien:

In the ways I have just described. There is an income programme group, chaired by Mr. Stephen Mulvany, the current national director of finance, which is working with each hospital to identify the outliers and put in place the appropriate action. He is unable to be with us today. Mr. Barry O'Brien is outlining the industrial relations process regarding that and the agreement with the representative bodies. I must provide a caution, however. At the end of December 2010, the debtor days tied up in the consultant sign-off were approximately 62, while by December 2011 that had been reduced to 50 and by December 2012 it was down to 44. However, those improvements have been offset by extended periods on the other side of the line, which we do not control. So while we must and will do everything we can to reduce the interval on our side, both in the hospital and on the consultant side, there is concern on our side, which we have expressed before, that some of these gains are simply offset by an extension of the period of time taken for the money to be received.