James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)

Getting down to brass tacks, CHI emails or contacts the consultant to say, “You need to send us a form here. Could you please send us that form so we can send it in?” and in 70 cases that did not happen, amounting to a loss of €0.25 million. There is a report in The Irish Times that next year it will be €200,000. That is correct, yes? Does CHI think it will get to a point where what is essentially free money will end at zero? By free money I mean that this is money owing to CHI. The consultants just have to submit the forms and the money comes back to the hospital. Think of all the parents who have benefitted from the extraordinary services that CHI provides to children; they go out and fundraise, they might raise a cheque for €5,000, they support the hospital and they see this €250,000 or €200,000 not being claimed when it is owed to it. One can understand the upset and frustration arising from it. Can CHI say that in 2025 or next year it could get to a place where it is close to zero in that regard?