Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The problem is the €700,000 could have been used for front-line services. The memorandums and articles of the friends and supporter fund indicates it should be to "erect building structures, train nurses, educate and generally assist." It is also to "provide home help for disabled persons". A €700,000 settlement, without seeking proper legal advice, does not meet the terms of the memorandums and articles of that fund. Ultimately, the CRC was set up to look after disabled people. Money was raised by ordinary people with a box but it has not ended up in its proper place. There was €12 million in a fund which is effectively for capital projects and the occasional revenue project, which appears to have been nothing more than settlement for a former CEO. Was the moral dilemma of Mr. Kiely imposing FEMPI cuts on the rest of the staff discussed? These affected ordinary people such as nurses, carers and attendants.