Mr. Tony O'Brien:

There is an interdepartmental process between the Department of Health and the Department of Education and Skills for workforce development and workforce supply. It seeks to match our future requirements for various health care professionals with access to programmes developed in the education sector. It is slightly different for medical professionals. We do this on a direct basis with the training scheme providers. For others, largely developed through the third level education sector, allied health professionals and so on, it is the Department of Health that takes the lead.