Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Our remit in the Committee of Public Accounts concerns public funds. We are being told there is a surplus of €7.8 million in the amount paid from the CRC to the Mater for the last 13 years. Is that amount, which is paid from the CRC to the Mater, funded by the HSE? In that context, is it taken into account by the HSE in funding the Mater? I have to ask the hard questions. We have a situation here whereby funding was coming from the CRC to the Mater which provided a cashflow advantage to the Mater over a number of years. I am putting the question because I think it needs to be answered. It is unsatisfactory from the HSE's viewpoint that the Mater cannot give us a response to that. There may be a simple explanation but we need to have an explanation. Ms Day might explain the mechanics of the Mater's funding mechanism from the HSE. Does she understand my question?