Ms Laverne McGuinness:

I wish to confirm that we have been in discussions with the chairman as late as last evening, as he said. There are three proposals that we have made as an interim measure, that we are working towards and will work with the CRC on. They are as follows - first, the use of the Public Appointments Service to select a new candidate for the CEO appointment in the future; second, the appointment of independent trustees to the board of the CRC; and, third, consideration should be given to assignment, in the interim, of an agreed executive by the HSE to fill some of the interim roles and support the interim responsibilities, with the CRC, during the period of search. Those matters are under consideration. The chairman will discuss them with his board and has until 13 December to do so. We will meet tomorrow to discuss the matter, with the regional director as well.