Mr. Paul Bell:

It is not for me to answer that question but I have not seen the survey and I do not know how it was conducted. I have no evidence in that regard. We were quite surprised, however, to hear the Health Service Executive declaring that there had been a survey and giving figures as to the number of people involved who may need childcare. To be very clear, that is where it rests. We, as a representative organisation, requested further information, as did other trade unions within the public sector, but that information was not provided.