Mr. Kilian McGrane:

Sure. I would be happy to come back to the Senator on that. He asked whether there is evidence that staff in any location are more likely to leave than staff in other locations. We do not have any evidence of that. We do not have any location where there is a haemorrhage of midwifery staffing, or consultant staffing for that matter. It would be something that we would expect the hospital groups to identify in the first instance. Obviously, if we became aware of it, we would follow up on it.

Deputy Durkan asked a number of questions specifically of the director. We do not have responsibility or accountability for either posts and undergraduate training courses. It is something we would hope to influence rather than have direct accountability for.