Ms Deirdre Malone:

I fully agree with the Chairman's point and I hope I reflected it in my submission. We acknowledge that significant progress has been made in the last several years. The decision to close St. Patrick's represented a huge step forward which we welcome warmly. However, we must recall that the initial recommendation to close St. Patrick's was made by the Whitaker report of the 1980s. We have had plenty of time to move forward and, while I welcome the progress that has been made, we are not yet there.