Mr. Niall Burgess:

I will get that figure for the Deputy. Anyway, Irish people are travelling at a younger age than before. We are spending a good deal of time talking in schools at the moment about consular care. We ask all our recruits to go out to schools to talk to transition year students about how to take care of themselves. Irish people are travelling at an older age as well. They are vulnerable to falling ill and having health problems while they are abroad.

Irish people are travelling further afield in south-east Asia, further from our embassy network where consular complex cases can arise which can consume a great deal of time and attention. The world is a more dangerous place in many respects as well, not just in the areas-----