Ms Eilísh Hardiman:

I will start with some of the history, which the Deputy seems to understand. Each of the three children's hospitals, as independent voluntary hospitals up until December of this year, had its own associated foundation. As part of our merger and integration of the three hospitals, the foundations have agreed to merge into one foundation. Speaking personally, I was delighted with that because I was the chief executive of a hospital - Tallaght Hospital - with three foundations. That was a positive change. The foundations were independent charities, but they were affiliated. The new foundation's sole purpose is to raise funds for us. Internationally, children's hospitals have a good reputation in that regard.