Mr. Kieran Christie:

The Deputy's question is apposite. We share her frustration. We have had difficulty in getting information in recent months. I wrote to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, HPSC, in September to seek a meeting. That was refused. I wrote to the Minister for Health to ask the HPSC to meet us and the Minister and the agency refused. It eventually got around to meeting with us. As I said, the quality of the information is improving but we have a road to travel. Yesterday I asked exactly the same question that Deputy Conway-Walsh asked me about situations where students go home and then visit their GPs. I asked how such cases are counted. I did not get an answer yesterday when I asked the question, but I will continue to pursue it. It is vital that what is happening in schools is accurately tabulated.