Mr. Bernard Gloster:

I gave a direction last week for someone to write to the Joint Committee on Health. I think the letter issued yesterday. The director of the National Ambulance Service is paid as an assistant national director. In addition, he receives the advanced paramedic allowance. He holds that because on his appointment in 2011, he was a registered advanced paramedic. He continues to maintain his registration and it is part of his contractual entitlement at this stage.