I apologise for raising health issues because I know that we have a debate on 27 October but this is too big an issue to confine to one debate. This morning we heard reports that we will subcontract the management of hospitals in HSE west to a private consultancy firm. Can the Leader seek clarification on how much this will cost the health service? Will other staff and management be sidelined while consultants come in to do their jobs? Is there a redundancy package if they are surplus to requirements or incapable of doing their jobs? What hospitals are directly affected? The people of Ireland are entitled to know whether the HSE, which is responsible for more than 50% of the tax take of this country, is about to give that money to management consultants to tell us how we should be doing a job that professionals in the health service should know how to do. If they are not doing it correctly, why are we hanging on to them?