Mark Dearey (Green Party)

It is interesting that the Department of Health and Children states it is not aware of any proposals from the HSE to deviate from its service plan, but it did not give any assurance that that would not happen. The ongoing failure of the two entities to communicate is the reason there is so much confusion in terms of the public's understanding of the health service. It is a pattern which is repeated in the language used by the Minister of State. Will external recruitment proceed following consideration of redeployment options in the case of the new emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda? I think that is what has been stated, but perhaps the Minister of State will give me his own interpretation. As always, the language used is impenetrable.