Dr. Brendan Doody:

It is very difficult to comment on an individual case without having all of the necessary facts. All I can say is that what would happen in our catchment area is we would prioritise the young person so that he or she would be the first young person to be admitted to the next available bed. With our having a larger unit of 24 beds, we may have a greater capacity to so do, with the unit fully functioning. I can only comment on what we would do. Within our primary catchment area, there has been an extremely limited number of young people admitted to adult units in the past while.