Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

-----and tell her what we are spending on it and what the variance is on it. It is a particular mandated scheme. While we would always prefer to be able to provide sufficient care within the country in order that people do not avail of any of these overseas treatment options, in particular the cross-Border one, which is different from some of the others, taking the money from there and using it instead in the areas more distant from the Border is probably not practical. The issue is to try to resolve as best we can what is driving people even to think about going cross-Border, which is fundamentally about providing better access to scheduled care in hospitals. I see the point the Deputy is making-----