Ms Mary Higgins:

Yes. That was an additional service we introduced as part of the 1 June changes to our criteria. It was introduced because many survivors had said they really wanted it because the fear they would have a pauper's funeral was very significant. The board considered the issue. We sought legal advice on whether we could, under the terms of the legislation, introduce funeral expenses. Caranua, obviously, is not a permanent institution. It is temporary, but we wanted to make provision for the future for people who were not at the point of passing away. The agreement was that we would prepay funeral costs to funeral directors.