Mr. Bernard O'Regan:

I will make two further points and then Professor MacLachlan wants to come in. I should have mentioned something further on recruitment. When we recruit staff from abroad, they do not meet the Irish regulatory requirements in terms of their qualification so they need a supervised placement to meet the criteria. Sometimes they also need some additional training. For example, a speech and language therapist in the UK can be registered to practice as a therapist in the UK without having training in feeding, eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties, FEDS, which is a regulatory requirement here. Consequently, they have to do that training. We are working with CORU to see if there is anything we can do to expedite the process with them. In addition, in the budget and service plan for this year, there is provision for a number of posts nationally. We can provide the number but from recollection, it is more than 40 staff who will be available to provide supervision to staff who need practice placements under supervision. We are trying to come at it from a few different perspectives to grow it.