Mr. John Swords:

Yes. On the overall programme which we found shocking, we do not condone such behaviour at any time with any of our suppliers. However, these are allegations, until there is a legal footing on which we can remove a company or payments. We did stop the payments on an interim basis. I met representatives of the company and asked them to explain their view. At that point, it had suspended one of its directors who also happened to be a family member. On foot of this, we also met the Garda to ascertain whether it was carrying out an investigation. It informed us that its work was ongoing. At the time it had no evidence of any illegal action. We are carrying out a forensic review of our transactions within business done in the period 2014 to 2015. That is ongoing. In addition, an internal review is under way at St. Vincent's University Hospital, which I understand is near completion. The HSE has a representative on that board as part of the review. Until we have a legal footing in terms of any wrongdoing, we are not in a position to take action.