Mr. Pat Healy:

It is not just the HSE saying that. I mentioned this morning that the acute hospital sector, which is discharging high dependency patients, relies very heavily on the public system. More important, the review published in May 2015 acknowledged that in the public system, higher dependency was around 60% compared with 30% in the private system. It is not just the HSE saying that; there is good evidence to support it. With the capital programme only just under way, the older stock such as the large old county homes can have infrastructural issues that require more staff because of the way the building is developed, whereas modern private facilities are more modern and more easily managed. As we complete the work that is under way in the capital programme, that will improve.