Mr. Gavin Maguire:

If I may add to that, obviously members are getting some kind of a flavour today of the broad range of activities being undertaken in the HSE to date to prepare, and there are more. We are acutely aware of the concerns of front-line health care workers, as expressed today. As Dr. Flanagan just pointed out, there is ongoing familiarisation training and exercises occurring right across the ambulance service, in hospitals and among GPs and others involved. We realise we have to escalate that and ensure that reaches more, and we are focusing on that right now.

To pick up on another general point made earlier, this is moving very fast, as Senator Crown mentioned. We are adapting, changing and strengthening our algorithms and guidance in accordance with international learning, as one always does, but we are also conscious of listening to our own staff, and we are doing that. We are also engaging with other stakeholders. As mentioned earlier, we met the IMO and a couple of unions yesterday. We will meet other unions next week. We are eager to engage with all stakeholders involved in this and to learn from international developments. We will adapt and strengthen our approaches as a consequence of those engagements.