Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chairman. It is an odd day. We are in and out like yo-yos but that is the way it is. We had a good start this morning, I suppose.

I want to go back to the private property accounts. Could Mr. Mulvany tell me briefly why these accounts came into existence? Is this the patients' money? Is it the case that they had private savings all along or was money accumulated through social welfare payments? Would most patients have family situations where they would have accounts with their own banks? How did the HSE have control of these private accounts? How come it has to repay money? If something in the system was wrong for so long, why was the correct system not in place always?