Mr. Jim Breslin:

The Deputy has extrapolated. What I set in place was the policy that motivated the putting in place of the arrangement. The arrangement is in place for three months. The HSE has the option to extend that for a fourth month and, by agreement with the private hospitals, by a fifth month. That is the arrangement that is in place.

We are now coming up to the end of month two when we will do a review, which will decide what we do after month three. We will have to take-----