Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

The position is that on 8 April we submitted our 2018 pay and numbers strategy to the Department. In recent weeks with the Department we have agreed to an adjusted set of affordable staffing levels to year end, with one small thing to be checked. We know the levels of WTEs within which we are trying to manage a system to year end. I will talk to my colleague from HR, but from this we can extract a figure for any specific area, grade or discipline for how many we are able to put in by year end. We can probably give the Deputy the answer to her question.