Mr. Kieran Christie:

We have been associated with our colleagues in the TUI in jointly beating this drum with the Department. We expect to achieve resolution of this issue sooner rather than later and we are working hard on it. It came as a shock to us when the plans that have been made public were brought forward. Our members are certainly not happy about it and we are not happy about it. We will do something about it.

The Deputy asked a direct question about the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, HPSC. We sought a meeting with the HPSC and it declined to meet us. We wrote to the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, more than a week ago and we have received no response, acknowledgement or reply.