Noel Rock (Dublin North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. O'Brien for answering all of the questions so far. Some of what I will say is related to what Deputy Kelly said. One of the perils of being among the last questioners is that one's questions may have been asked in some form already. All of the good ones are gone, but I will roll out the greatest hits from the committee so far. I am curious about what was said previously and the belief that no public money had been spent inappropriately. I find that hard to understand, and many in the public would also find it hard to understand. As Deputy Kelly put it in his pie metaphor, if 42% of the money is going to an organisation from the HSE in a given year and 58% of the money is coming from other sources, that goes into a bank account. If I donate €1 to an organisation and the HSE also donates €1 to it, if €1 is spent inappropriately, it is 50% of the money from both of us that is spent inappropriately. Proportionately, it would appear that public money has been spent inappropriately. Would this not be the case in that theoretical example?