Mr. Paul Kiely:

It was set up a long time ago to facilitate staff in the clinic to become members of the VHSS. They were technically at the time considered employees of the Mater Hospital because the clinic was not recognised as a body that would be eligible for the VHSS. The Mater Hospital, in a book transfer, came up with the idea that it would pay the full gross salaries of the individuals to the Central Remedial Clinic and the Central Remedial Clinic, in return, was to send the full gross salary of the individuals back to it, plus a 10% to 12.5% premium for the Mater Hospital.