Mr. Barry O'Brien:

No, to be clear; we invited every section 38 organisation, including St. Vincent’s to make a declaration as to its current pay arrangements and then to give an undertaking that if there was a variance to the policy that they would take immediate action. What I said earlier to the committee was that we identified one or two options for St. Vincent’s with regard to the CEO position. We accept that we must fund a CEO for St. Vincent’s University Hospital, which is a public body. Equally, we have a liability to fund whatever is the agreed salary for the manager of St. Michael’s Hospital, which is another public body. If St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group decide to appoint a CEO, we as the funder will not contribute any money whatsoever from public funds for the salary of that post. That is a very important point.