Mr. Mark O'Connor:

From experience, we may be asked for a written submission on an issue. We are generally brought into a room and given a presentation on what the Department has decided to do and then that is what it does. There is rarely a process of ongoing input with the Department. Some other Departments do this better. The HSE, for example, has ongoing working groups. That would be rare enough for the Department of Education and Skills. Ms Dempsey may wish to come in on that point.