John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The committee will pass on a letter it received today concerning the estates in Kilmainham. I understand up to 1,200 eye operations at Waterford Regional Hospital were moved to Cork. The hospital claims this amounts to a loss of revenue for it of up to €2.28 million. When an eye operation is carried out on a public patient in a private hospital, is there a top-up charge of €500? I do not expect the HSE to have the answer straight away but it can come back to us on that.

When Cathal Magee was questioned by the committee some time ago about section 38 agencies, he understood then there was an issue that would be approached in some way. That is just for the record, Dr. McLoughlin.