Mr. Jim Ryan:

Yes. We are working to recruit the additional nursing staff, which are the only staff we have need for at the moment. We have consultants and multidisciplinary teams and our hope is that the graduate nurses in September will allow us to fully open the additional ten beds. We hope to open four additional beds by using overtime because the demand is there. One of the reasons for additional demand is the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006, which means that people who are found not guilty by reason of insanity have to go to the Central Mental Hospital. The numbers of people who are found not guilty by reason of insanity have increased year on year so a bed is taken for four or six years, leading to capacity restraints. Staffing is the major issue, not funding or building.