Mr. Paul Reid:

I will refer to a few figures first and, again, I will ask Ms O'Beirne to quickly comment. Two recruitment campaigns are ongoing. The first is to recruit 700 people for swabbing and that recruitment campaign has commenced. We are in train on that. Similarly, on contact tracers we are recruiting 500 staff. Both of those numbers are initial numbers. We continuously recruit as part of our overall pandemic plan. The overall model that we presented to the board of the HSE last Friday sets out a total workforce of between 2,500 and 3,000 people, which is for a combination of swabbing, testing in our laboratories, contact tracers----

Mr. Paul Reid: Just to say, a few figures first of all. I will ask Ms O'Beirne quickly just to comment. current There are two recruitment campaigns currently ongoing, first, to recruit 700 people for swabbing, and that recruiting campaign has commenced and we are in train on that one, and similarly, on contact tracers we are recruiting 500 people. Both of those numbers are initial numbers. We will continue to recruit part of our overall pandemic plan and, indeed, the overall model that we presented to the board of the HSE last Friday sets out a total workforce of between 2,500 to 3,000 people, which is a combination of swabbing, testing in our laboratories, contact tracers-----