Mr. John Farrelly:

The key issue is that we have quite a limited statutory remit and we have to apply our resources in the inpatient acute units. Everything we do beyond this eats into a resource for which we are not necessarily funded. I assure the Deputy we read everything that comes out, for example, the latest report in the UK on overcrowding and overcapacity of inpatient beds, and map them across. With regard to suicide prevention statistics, an office has been put in place by the State to concentrate on this. Unfortunately, from our perspective we must concentrate our resources on protecting the approximately 2,000 people detained against their will. We concentrate on the 1%. We would love to have the statutory remit to expand and look at the 10% and get the appropriate funding to do this from the State.