Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Murphy O'Mahony also referred to Lisheens House in Skibbereen. I am very familiar with Lisheens House and I am aware that the Deputy had raised the matter in the Dáil yesterday. I had just left the Dáil and I was not aware that the Deputy was about to raise the matter. I thought that Questions on Promised Legislation had concluded.

Last Friday, I met with the people of Lisheens House. I am well aware of and appreciative of that facility. Contrary to popular belief locally, section 39 funding is administered by the HSE, not by me. The people at Lisheens House were certainly of that view. I allocate to the HSE and it allocates to organisations. When I looked at the number of organisations that are availing of funding for mental health, the heading under which Lisheens House comes, there are 1,050 different organisations in receipt of funding from the HSE. Ultimately, that funding comes from the Department's budget. There is no question about the number of organisations - 1,050 in total - that are in receipt of this money. We have to have corporate governance and clinical governance. I have explained this to the people at Lisheens House. In order to avail of funding from the HSE, it is not just a case of simply requesting it. Organisations must comply with certain responsibilities vis-à-vis-----