Mr. Bernard Gloster:

My colleague Mr. Canavan will respond to the details of that, but there are two things to say on that. There were representations, and a query was raised with our chair, Mr. Ciarán Devane, when he appeared before the committee on his recent reappointment, regarding several nursing posts, specifically within the hospital system, for neurology. There had been 21 new posts announced for that. Six were filled but there was a difficulty with 15 of them. Part of that difficulty is because neurology spreads across health and also aspects of our disability services, in both Departments last year. We now have two Departments for the HSE as opposed to one, due to the transfer of function in respect of disability. That, the recruitment pause and many other things that I will not annoy people with got in the way of that. Those 15 posts are now protected to be filled and established this year. That is important. Along with the community and neuro-rehabilitation teams that I mentioned in my opening statement, anything that is approved for 2024 service development is not affected by the pause. Mr. Canavan might want to specify where the teams are at.