Ms Rosarii Mannion:

In the case of St. John of God, there was one specific issue relating to a consultant. The relevant documentation is for circulation with the committee.

The business cases relating to St. John of God were managed internally in the pre-Department interaction. We got the correspondence dated 13 September. We went through the 85 business cases and forensically analysed them against the criteria. Then, we were in a position to make determinations. This resulted in 41 salaries being approved, while a total of 49 allowances were approved. This related to allowances and salaries that were not compliant with public pay policy. That is the mechanism by which we have arrived at the figure. That information will be fully available to the committee.

It came to our attention during this forensic analysis that St. John of God had not responded in respect of two correspondences that I had issued on 5 May and 20 May of this year. Again, I have all this correspondence with me.

On 1 July-----