Mr. Robert Watt:

There are other forums where the Department of Health and the HSE engage with representative bodies. There are both formal and informal forums. That is the way we conduct our business. Mr. Reid and I are charged on behalf of the Government to implement this agenda, and we do. We are accountable to the Government and committees, including this one, for delivery of that. When it comes to matters of staff engagement, we have other comprehensive structures in place which enable us to go about our business working with various representative bodies.