Mr. Jim Breslin:

Regarding the documents we have shared, the Deputy will see that from February onwards, there was very routine and interactive engagement, almost daily but definitely weekly, with the sector. On the perspective of the sector, if we had had knowledge of this six months in advance, the best thing in the world we could have done would have been to have formulated a clear plan and a full strategic framework. Instead, what we had to do was use the emergency plans we already had in place, use the guidance already in place in respect of infection control, and mobilise a whole set of additional activities.