Ms Claire Hanna:

I thank Mr McCamphill very much. I have two other quick questions which may relate in ways to the quagmire we are in in the North, particularly with regard to health, which would appear to be one sector where terms and conditions are an issue, as well as the overall working environment and working less in a system of chaos and decay. Are the witnesses seeing much of a differential in regard to pay and conditions in the health sector in the South as opposed to the North and does that create an additional challenge of retention in the North?

My second question is what engagement the witnesses had with members, especially within the Northern Ireland Civil Service, about the specific challenges they are facing of operating without any political leadership, together with the pressure that is being placed upon them to make not just unpalatable but impossible cuts in a way it was never envisaged for civil servants to have to do?