Ms Chris Cully:

For example, in the context of the physiotherapist senior grade, let us say that a panel was created in 2016. One would be aware that, because of the Commission for Public Service Appointments, CPSA, rules, one could only keep that panel in existence for a year, with the possibility to extend it to a maximum of three years. I ask the Deputy to bear with me, the picture will become clear. Some 100 people might have been placed on the 2016 panel and then supplementary panels might have been set up in 2017 and 2018, despite the fact that there were still people on the initial panel. I refer back to points made before the Deputy arrived, namely, that people are using the recruitment process as a means of mobility within the system. Let us say, for example, that I am a senior physiotherapist but I still apply for placement on the panel. I get onto the panel but am offered another. If it is not in the location I want to move to, I will sit there on the panel and keep turning down job opportunities. It is an administrative nightmare for the people we represent-----