Mr. Martin Rogan:

I completely concur. The quality of care for people at all stages in the mental health services, be it in acute, community-based or residential services, has to be of the highest standard. A Vision for Change set out a programme whereby older mental health facilities would be sold and the proceeds reinvested. That was 2006. It involved almost €1 billion in new investment, but unfortunately the recession that followed did not make that possible. Many new resources were put into acute inpatient residential settings. Regarding inpatient settings for children, for example, the number of beds was quadrupled. The residential programs for people who often spent many years in institutional settings and who were taking the step forward into the community, however-----