Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to understand how Dr. Smith classifies some of the allowances or top-ups, or whatever we wish to call them, in her audit. I will take the example which has been possibly dominating the media. I also adhere to Mr. O'Brien's principle that it is those who purported to allow the allowances occur in the first place who are most culpable. The media has been covering a story with regard to the National Maternity Hospital. In the audit report, Dr. Smith describes the €45,000 paid to the master of the maternity hospital as a privately funded allowance. How did she determine it was a privately funded allowance?