Mr. Bernard Gloster:

There are two or three parts to that. The recruitment pause in any part of the service is not only as a result of the overrun in the run-rate this year. We are still recruiting people. I want to be clear about that. The recruitment pause is predominantly because the workforce grew way beyond its projections and levels that were funded for last year. Turnover reduced, which is something we have often been criticised for not reducing. Our attrition rates have changed and that is good in healthcare terms.

The development posts for this year have been protected from any pause. Some 1,850 new paid jobs as well as 400 agency conversions have been approved for this year for specific initiatives and they are going ahead. The disability sector is completely exempt and there are 600 or 700 posts in that sector this year, which are going ahead and some of those cross into the space of the support systems we are talking about. As I said in my statement, to be fair to the Government, I am having an earlier than ever discussion with the Government about the financial position of the service for this year and the resulting recruitment possibility, which has not yet concluded and I expect that to be resolved shortly. I am working closely with the Minister, Deputy Donnelly. I am due to meet him about it again tomorrow. The difference-----