Mr. John Farrelly:

We have powers to deregister a centre if we have significant concerns about it. To be clear, we have not deregistered any centre. If we were that worried about residents, we would be in court deregistering that centre immediately. That said, we have no control over whether the providers decide to close a centre. We have not deregistered any centre. It goes back to the dilemma of what happens to the people, even if they are in accommodation, and how things will be organised.

In terms of the report, we believe the issuing of reports is a very transparent thing. The reports show people the reality and they can look at them. With the publication of reports, 89% of approved centres are now 80% compliant or more. It has worked and there is transparency about what is going on. However, there is no doubt the capital investment by the State and the HSE has not matched what has been published in strategies, going back to A Vision for Change. That is the overarching issue. Perhaps Dr. Finnerty would like to comment on some of the Deputy's points.