Mr. Brian O'Donnell:

I will take the first one. The first question, asked by Deputy Kelly, was whether it was our belief that the blockage is at the level of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. That is our experience. We have engaged extensively with the HSE as it is our funder. The HSE, from the get-go, has consistently held the position that provision for pay restoration for section 39 organisations was not included in the overall HSE allocation at the start of the year. The HSE is sympathetic, or, to use its term, not unsympathetic on the issue but it has not been funded by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to deal with this. That has been the consistent message. We had been encouraged to engage through the industrial relations machinery available to the State.