Ms Fiona O'Byrne:

On the first question, there is a combination of formal engagement. The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, the Department of Health and CORU are all represented on the health and social care professions working group. We engage formally through those structures. That is complemented by substantial informal engagement where the professional regulation unit in the Department of Health, CORU and my unit in the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science would be in frequent contact working through processes like this, and the couple of remaining applications waiting to be accredited. On the current binary nature of the approval process, I am not in a position to comment on the suitability of the legislation or the existing policy. As Department officials we are not here to give opinions on that.