Mr. Barry O'Brien:

As part of a comprehensive reform agenda under the public service agreement, we engaged with the consultants last September and both their representative bodies, the IHCA and the IMO. There is a clear agreement signed up to by all consultants that they will fully meet the requirement stipulating 14 days. They are actively participating to achieve the target. There is no doubt in any consultant’s mind but that it is a full requirement of the job to sign the forms in the appropriate manner within the timeframe allowed.