Mr. Tony O'Brien:

In the full audit, we identified a wide range of voluntary bodies in the section 38 space that were making additional payments or top-ups, to use the colloquial phrase. A significant pay policy exercise was undertaken to require all of them to come back into line. The committee was heavily involved with one section 38 body, a particular hospital in Dublin, as members may recall.

Following an internal whistleblowing, there is now an audit concerning the way in which certain individuals at St. John of God had their pay regularised. Members may be familiar with what is alleged. A significant forensic internal audit is being carried out and is almost complete in the sense that the feedback process is under way. That report is not yet finalised.