Mr. Liam Woods:

That group is now part of the single approach. The procurement experience of voluntary hospitals over a number of years, and the people involved in that, are now part of the HSE's national procurement team. That means they are working together to get the best price. Working together allows for a singular approach to market to get the best result for everybody. I hope I have answered the question, but that is the way we have proceeded with the matter.

A specific reference was made to mattress contracts at Mullingar and Tullamore hospitals. We will come back to the committee about when was it tendered for and how it works.

In regard to policy on employees and board members, I gave a general answer at the beginning in terms of our control environment and framework. If it is helpful to the committee at any point, we can set out some detail and present it back to the committee for reference. The information is published on our website.

Deputy Ó Caoláin stated that the allegations in the dossier might be worse than those aired on "Prime Time". I think the allegations, to the extent that I am aware of them, have been reasonably well rehearsed in the public domain. Is St. Vincent's Private Hospital in that? The answer is "Yes." It was one of the named entities. The Deputy asked me to name the other two. They were the Bon Secours group and-----