Ms Breda Crehan-Roche:

As the Senator said, we had a very good meeting. We will also have a following meeting in the middle of next month with all of the political parties and local politicians.

With regard to the physiotherapist, yes, we have had difficulty. What we are trying to do is be creative and look at ways. Unfortunately, even when we offered the person a position in Galway city with outreach to Clifden, it was not possible. We have to provide this, however. That is where the ICPOP teams come in, and we will be looking at a hub-and-spoke model.

We alluded to it last week that we will be providing services in the Clifden hospital. The longer term plan, of course, will be the new community unit in Clifden, which will be a merge of both and have 40 beds. Indeed, that is going to planning very shortly. That is the good news on that. It is, therefore, an ongoing issue and we are constantly keeping it under review. I will just say that everybody who requires respite is in respite in Clifden District Hospital at the moment.