Mr. John Hennessy:

I appreciate the sensitivity of the point the Deputy is making. I simply cannot address or answer it. In terms of the specific question as to whether I have ever seen a situation like this before, the answer is yes, I have. Would I prefer that the process would operate in the manner in which it is designed? Yes, I would. Of course, the process is designed to deal with all of the checks and balances that are necessary regarding medicines but everybody also appreciates that emergency situations arise from time to time and the system has to be able to respond and react to that too. That is as far as I can go with it, I am afraid.