David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)

I am sorry to interrupt Mr. Healy but we have very limited time. These were very senior HR officials within the NAS. I respect the fact that there is an investigation ongoing but manipulating data, boasting about it, and making derogatory comments about other staff members is absolutely unacceptable and shocking. I will leave it there because I want to get to another issue but I hope that investigation concludes and those individuals are held responsible. We actually asked some of those individuals to be here today and they are not here, for whatever reason. These are senior HR representatives, not junior staff, and it was unacceptable.

My next question is for Mr. Morton. We have had two attempts now at a ballot on the roles and responsibilities. As he knows, the most recent one was overwhelmingly voted down by paramedics from both SIPTU and Unite. That is a vote of no-confidence in the management. This was ten years in the making. One of the issues relates to the allowances paid to advance paramedics. Are any members of senior management within the NAS in receipt of that advance paramedic allowance, including Mr. Morton?