Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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We just have a collision of two different worlds in exactly what Mr. Quigley has described. He describes in financial terms the best interest of the funds. I am not suggesting that he is indifferent to the circumstances of the people affected. I ask him not to misunderstand what I am saying. He is talking about the best interest and the best investment decisions, which is fine on the face of it. However, families feel very locked out of the system and actually quite helpless. The families I have spoken to have the bigger best interest at the core of their concerns, which is the best interest of their injured child or disabled parent or whoever it might be. I suggest to Mr. Quigley, without intending to open a long discussion, that it might be useful to go back and look again at that interaction between individuals and the system in these cases. People have told me that attempting to get any detailed information is like trying to get the third secret of Fatima. One is sent from Billy to Jack if one is not fortunate enough to know exactly who to go to and exactly what questions to ask. As a politician famously said, "You asked the wrong question." That might be fine in politics, but it is not right in this scenario.

Another question families have is whether there are protocols for investment.