Ms Magdalen Rogers:

I will need to come back specifically on these figures, if it is possible. To our knowledge, similar to the situation in neurology we have the lowest numbers in Europe for consultant staffing in rehabilitation medicine. This is something that has not radically changed over the decades since the neuro-rehabilitation strategy was published. The implementation of the strategy and the three-year framework envisaged an increase in consultant numbers to staff the rehabilitation units throughout the country and staff the mini-national rehabilitative centres envisaged in the south and west of Ireland. Because the strategy has not been implemented the staffing numbers have not been increased significantly.