Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have one final question for Mr. Gilligan. With regard to the step-down facilities in place, in particular Mount Carmel Community Hospital, which is being operated by a private company, I hear anecdotal evidence that patients are resisting going to particular step-down units after the consultant has signed them off for discharge. Is there a blockage in the system where patients are ready to go and there is a place for them but they will not go?