Mr. Pat Healy:

Let me clarify how these types of fund were managed generally across the disability sector. Many of the hundreds of organisations we resource have individual collections as part of their operations. The CRC collected money through voluntary fund-raising, etc. and Mr. Cregan made reference to its Santa Bear Appeal in that regard. It would have been similar to many other organisations and we would have seen the money involved in accounts. When the HSE came to an understanding with the CRC on an initiative in Waterford which we funded jointly, it put up money from its capital fund and the CRC contributed from its own resources. The assumption was that the money was coming from that resource. What we were not aware of was the existence of the larger Friends and Supporters of the CRC fund.