Ms Frances Spillane:

Deputy Roberts Dowds is correct. We have correspondence on this issue between the Department and the HSE on file since 2008. As the Secretary General has stated, his predecessor sent a detailed letter to the HSE on the issue in February 2011. We are working very closely with the HSE to try to resolve the issues involved. At the committee's last meeting it came out that on many occasions the HSE would have contacted the section 38 organisations and there were comments about having to chase information; therefore, there have been efforts made over a long period of time. I am not sure how much detail the Deputy would like me to go into.