Mr. David Martin:

At no stage in the five or six years I have been on the board of the Central Remedial Clinic have I ever seen a scintilla of anything the Deputy is suggesting is occurring. I have only ever seen decisions made by the directors for the right reasons as we saw them. I never saw any favouritism and if any such favouritism was applicable, I would have stood up immediately to it. That never occurred. I am satisfied in my own mind that it is a very clear and independent board, clear and free of any political intervention in that respect as the Deputy might suggest. If the Deputy asked where my appointment came from, I was asked by a person involved in the disability area to join the board.