Mr. Fred McBride:

One of the questions Deputy Sherlock asked was on whether people need to be skilled up in certain areas. I am not sure whether I answered when Deputy Sherlock was absent but we have certainly said that we - on the move, so to speak - have to train people, particularly those dealing with retrospective allegations of abuse. It is not an area in which we were traditionally involved as social work professionals. We have had to expose people to the information and give them the experience, training and skills. We are now moving to dedicated teams to deal with the issue. I hope that answers the question.

With regard to Q4, the sum is €5,000 per month. We have been using the company. We went through a tendering process and the company was successful. We are using it to assist with the development of an internal and external communications strategy in general, covering all our communications. Of course, events such as this and that of yesterday are a part.