Mr. John Farrelly:

I would not disagree with that point. Everyone agrees that the HSE needs to be reformed. We are on the record as saying the Health Service Executive needs to be reformed and that the governance needs to be better to roll out the Sharing the Vision policy. The idea that a place is not well looked after or neglected for 20 years and then the person who suffers is the most vulnerable person, is not a correct way of doing business. The Mental Health Commission does not have powers to regulate parts of the community where we could do an integrated approach. There is no doubt but that people are suffering because of the governance and management in the Health Service Executive in certain areas. It is unfortunate. There is nothing we can do about that because we do not have the powers to do anything about it. This legislation, if enacted, would give us more powers to have an integrated regulatory approach.