Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

If an individual is injured as a result of a road traffic accident and a driver of a car is held liable on foot of a claim, we will levy a charge in respect of those costs on the individual driver through his or her insurance company. Where there is a settlement, the hospital expects to get paid. That is provided for under legislation. It is €5 million or €6 million. If we add in the voluntaries which are not in our accounts, it is perhaps twice that for a full year. As such, it is a relatively small part of the overall income for hospitals.