Ms Lucy Nugent:

That is correct and we respect the HSE's position. On examination, in relation specifically to the unsubstantiated statements in that report, they were investigated.

As I said, the actual clinic proposal to the NTPF was done by the operations team, based on the fact that there were long waiting lists in 2021, which was post Covid-19. The individual consultant was asked, as were many consultants post Covid-19, to get involved in doing NTPF clinics to try to address the waiting lists. As I said, the individual did this above his contractual hours and was paid through the HSE-----