Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That might have been the concern people had but that is exactly what has happened. That is the entire point of my question. That became exactly what happened. Public money is being used. However, we are running out of time. Can I get an answer to my second question? Did the Department engage with the hospitals to look at ending this contract earlier than June given the vast human cost to keeping it in place?