Mr. John Swords:

Within the staff complement across the country in the HSE, 540 work in procurement, which includes logistics and all the operational side at hospital level right through logistics, stores and sourcing. There are approximately 50 on the sourcing side. Our complement from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for the change process we are undergoing is 73. We have to determine what is in the voluntary sector, plus our own, and we estimate that the gap is 19 people. We are short 19.