Mr. Robert Watt:

I will get to the situation regarding the thalidomide case in a moment. The MDU is the Medical Defence Union. As the Deputy will recall, as the market for indemnity collapsed, particularly for maternity services, the State stepped in and provided the clinical indemnity scheme, which in effect is managed by the State Claims Agency in order that cover is provided. Cover was provided by the Medical Defence Union in advance of that scheme. There are various legacy cases that still have to be addressed. Because the income to the Medical Defence Union fell away as practitioners moved to the State claims scheme, the MDU did not have the future income to deal with the liabilities it had incurred or was accruing on foot of cases that predated the establishment of the State scheme. When the State-----