Mr. John Farrelly:

I might add to that, if I may, on the idea of an authorised officer. In, say, Cavan or Monaghan, authorised officers have been working in the community for a long time. My brother is a community nurse in Cavan-Monaghan. When someone becomes unwell there, he or she will have already had a relationship with the authorised officers, who go out to them. They know them as a person, what their strengths and weaknesses are and how they go if they are unwell, and that makes life a lot easier. The families trust the authorised officer and understand the needs because the carer is working in the community.

We do not have that yet. The compliance levels have increased greatly in the approved centres because we are regulating them but we do not regulate the community and we have not really invested in our community services in the way we should. We have kind of normalised the fact our community services are just okay, but they should be expanded greatly. We are a good bit behind.