Mr. Michael Hegarty:

I thank Deputy O'Sullivan for his question about the HSE service plan. He asked whether it is covered. St. Joseph's Foundation receives funding for sports and recreation and we funnel a portion of it to Liskennett to support the services there. We are also supported by a team of volunteers there whose value we cannot express in monetary terms. From the service plan and our service level agreement, SLA, we have those posts shored up between community healthcare organisation, CHO, 3 in the mid-west and Cork area community healthcare. As regards it being part of someone's plan, the HSE does not direct an individual's care plan. It is down to individual organisations, such as the Brothers of Charity, the Cope Foundation, St. Joseph's Foundation or St. Gabriel's Foundation in Limerick, whether it becomes part of a person's care plan to take part in a session every week with us in St. Joseph's Foundation. It is not directed by the HSE whether it is part of someone's plan but it can be part of someone's person-centred plan.