Mr. Martin Varley:

That is for type A consultants. In terms of current employment in our public hospitals, 6% of hospital consultants are type A contract holders. The balance are type B or B*. Obviously, this would continue. In March 2011, the HSE took the view that all future hospital consultant posts would, save in exceptional circumstances, be type A. The outcome of this was that recruitment stalled. The HSE then reverted to a position whereby it would be, by and large, type B contracts in public hospitals.