Mr. David Walsh:

I know that in a number of cases arrangements were made, even though contracts had been signed, to leave people with their current employers for a period of time. I know there have been a couple of cases where people did move, and that is regrettable, but in the main private nursing homes are not a target for recruitment by the HSE. Obviously there are people on panels, and Mr. Daly said so this morning, and there is movement between the sectors at all times, but certainly the message I have given out, as has the national director for human resources, is that we do not want to undermine in any way the provision of healthcare in any other part of the system.