Mr. Michael Culhane:

The medical society is generally exclusively for An Garda Síochána. It is meeting bills. For example, where members are injured on duty, it would meet all the expenses associated with that and then it would get it refunded once the court has awarded the money. The medical fees would be refunded and the medical aid society would be compensated. It is in recognition of the prepayment of expenses on behalf of members that a grant is made, with Department of Justice and Equality sanction, to the medical aid society.