Ms Laverne McGuinness:

The Deputy's question is on the sanctions available to the HSE. The HSE is slow to stop funding to a particular agency, given the impact on services. Performance contacts ask agencies to undo something that they should not have done or to comply. That is what we were asking of the CRC in respect of the appointment of Mr. Conlan. The CRC stated that it would be in compliance with the salary scale with effect from 1 October as a result of those performance contacts.