Mr. John Hennessy:

We have done some work on that. The concern would be, as I think the Secretary General mentioned, that very close relationships have developed and grown over the years between Ireland and the UK on the basis of consultant-to-consultant referral, and there is a high degree of comfort among Irish clinicians about these sites in terms of the service they provide. To be frank and truthful, it would be difficult in the short term to develop alternatives across mainland Europe for many of these services. Therefore, our efforts are on ensuring that continuity remains post Brexit in the short term, at least with the UK sites. Over time, we will look to develop relationships with alternative providers. Again, to be fair, there is treatment abroad activity in other continental countries from Ireland that we want to develop, but I do not think any of us would like to be reliant on that in the short term and, therefore, we need to maintain our connections with the UK sites.