Mr. Tony O'Brien:

I cannot answer on that specific case today. Generally, one would find many instances where consultants, in accordance with the terms of their contract, band together in respect of their private practice to establish private clinics, often adjacent to the public facility. Sometimes they are even within public facilities. The specific issue the Deputy is raising is the procurement by a funded entity of services for public patients from a private entity in which they may have a material interest. That is a different matter and something we will have to examine.