Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Regarding declarations of interest, I have a niece who was in one of the homes that settled. Both of her parents have died since so I do not know if she is one of the ones who got the €40,000 historical payment at the time. She is a young woman now but she was a child back then. Her family did everything for her. They tried all sorts of crazy madcap schemes to try to help that child and trying to get some sort of stimulation or some sort of response. They spent whatever spare money they had on that child. We all know families in that situation. If someone is elderly, like a parent, people will give that additional money so their mother can get her hair or her nails done and all those things. If there is additional money that is where it goes. Am I right in saying that? We all know those cases. Am I right in saying that at the heart of today's discussion is the fact that we potentially took money off people who did not know it? Is that the heart of what we are saying?