Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know we are, and I have covered that in detail. Before I conclude, I wish to ask the Minister if he or the Taoiseach has had any direct contact with the chairman of the board of the West/North West Hospitals Group, Mr. Daly, before that report was prepared. With all the money we are trying to gather up to run the health service - I tried to give the Minister another €200 million in the measure I introduced yesterday, but his party voted against it - we cannot afford to be dishing out money to board members' companies to do reports that are not even sanctioned from on high. That is an issue that needs to be dealt with in more detail. There is some suggestion of the Taoiseach's relationship with members of the board or something like that.