Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:

We keep those under review because where it is possible in any location, we are trying to bring our services together under the one roof. When the community welfare service came to us from the HSE, that service was being operated from a huge number of locations, many of which were less than suitable. From 2012 onwards, we have very significantly reduced the number of locations and surrendered leases. It is only where the Department has sole service provision from a lease that we have the lease. Otherwise, the HSE retains it. Our objective over time is to reduce that to the minimum amount possible and to make sure that the accommodation involved is the better standard available.