Ms Mary Hayes:

I agree completely with the Deputy. The only question is how we get there. Again, I point out the fact that when we started with NGOs, we had quite a long lead-in time and we developed standards with them. Standards should not be suddenly planted on private emergency operators, if they do not understand the context or how to apply them. Training and development, whether it is done through HIQA, the DHRE or whoever, will apply.