Mr. Sean Egan:

The Deputy is quite right. There is a requirement for capacity in many settings other than acute hospitals for patients who are finished their episode of acute care. Some people need residential care and that falls to Ms Grogan in terms of regulation of nursing homes. However, many others just need a bit of extra support or rehabilitation before they are able to continue their lives in the community. Increasingly, we are seeing an investment in rehabilitation and community inpatient care. We have a role in monitoring those services against the national standards. We apply the same framework that we do in acute hospitals, albeit in a different context in the monitoring of those services. We are beginning to see an increase in these services actually being provided in the private sector as well. We do not-----