Dr. Ronan Glynn:

NPHET undertook a review of its membership and functions over the past number of weeks. As the Chairman knows, the Government intends to publish a future framework over the next short while. We intended to review and update its membership, but given that the framework is due to be published in the next fortnight it is prudent to wait and review that framework and NPHET's role within it and ensure that our membership is appropriate to our role following the publication of that framework.