Ms Linda Kelly:

It is a small figure because, again, we do not have the total figure for how many people are out on a career break and how many are coming back, but members are making contact with their local branch representatives to say the HSE cannot facilitate their return to work. In our presentation from the HSE in July, it flagged that it was going to ask every area to get a line of sight of its responsibilities in that regard, but there is certainly difficulty there. I am baffled by this because, no matter what way we slice it, there are always people on maternity leave in various professions. There are vacancies in the 2024 pot regardless of whatever row we have about 2023. It is very much coming through as an emerging issue, and as we get more information, we will happily share it with the committee.