Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

On the last point, my understanding is it was signed off by the Department of Health and by the Department of public expenditure, which is required in relation to a settlement with a chief officer. CHI will be able to give further detail on that.

In fairness to the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, the settlement was in respect of the years 2018 to 2022. You would have to divide the settlement and relate it to the pay over four years, rather than a single year.