Ms Ashley Connolly:

We are extremely alarmed. We raised this yesterday with senior management in the HSE and are awaiting a formal response. I can tell the Deputy that our members work in these areas. We have met our members and they have informed us of the instruction. We have raised it with senior members of the HSE for clarification. We await a response from them. I have no reason to disbelieve what we have been told by our members.