Mr. John Connaghan:

They are fair questions. I would be asking those kinds of questions if I was in the Deputy's position.

When I heard about the events, I asked Mr. Woods to contact the hospital group chief executives to ensure we had special support, and that the news was delivered in an empathetic fashion and in an appropriate way. I have been in contact with senior officials who are handling this and we are putting an individual, named person in charge of this for each community health organisation. I have set some expectations with the team as regards the number of people who need to be contacted regarding support packages in the next couple of days.