Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:

Absolutely, because the same standards should apply to our staff as to our customers. We work closely with PeoplePoint, the shared services environment, to ensure as much co-operation as possible in putting the arrangements in place. PeoplePoint is doing this, rather than the Department. There are a very small number of cases which the Department might have flagged as having particular circumstances, such as ill health, where greater sensitivity was required for a recovery plan but in all cases the Department would fully support PeoplePoint.