Ms Fiona Brady:

I mentioned earlier to Deputy Boland that I was doing a national assurance review as to what the compliance was like in respect of our MOU. Naas made a full disclose. When we agree a price per patient, that covers the consultant pay, the clerical staff pay, the nursing pay - the whole lot. We do not pay consultants directly, only the hospitals, and then they pay the individual staff. In Naas hospital, they had been paying the consultant per patient, which is against the rules of the MOU and the national financial regulations.