Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

I will try to explain. If the claimant makes a claim with the medical evidence, it goes to the assessor. It may go to the medical referees who work for the board. Obviously it will have to go to the respondent. It would be totally unreasonable and very unusual if a claimant claimed he or she sustained particularly injuries and the respondent was not aware of the medical allegations being made in regard to the claimant's condition. I would not describe that as being in the public domain because the matter will not be reported in the newspapers or anything like that.