Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will have to get that for the Deputy. I do not have it in my folder.

On the fair deal scheme, we are in a much better situation with that than we were in past years, when the scheme was underfunded. There were extraordinarily long waiting periods. When the Deputy's party was in government with ourselves - happy days - the waiting times relating to the fair deal scheme reduced to four weeks or, in some cases, less. We have maintained that. Fair deal funding is being provided now in four weeks or less. We expect that most of that budget will be consumed in the current year but, so far, there has been a lower volume than we had expected. I prefer to err on the side of caution in terms of over-providing in this area because we are aware of the difficulties we can encounter when there are waiting periods of ten to 12 weeks. At one time they were up to 16 weeks.