Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On privatisation, and if we just take cleaning staff as an example, off the top of my head I can give two examples - one where they are directly employed and one where they are not. Is it open to the witness at this stage to state a preference? I understand it will be negotiated and I genuinely wish every person well. I have been there and I understand that it is going to be very tough. There are people who are concerned about outsourcing and the impact it has on the quality of service. In cleaning services, catering services or in any of the ancillary services in a hospital, how will they be managed? Perhaps that level of detail has not been reached yet, but the simplest thing to do would be to say that everyone will be directly employed.