Ms Tess O'Donovan:

I thank the committee for inviting me. To be fair, the issue is the residents and how we manage them, which is the key concern for everybody. We are looking at a cohort of patients with enduring mental health difficulties. It can be quite public because Midleton, County Cork, is a small area. In terms of the residents who were moved, we have beds but they are not always in the right place. That is a known situation. People's needs were looked at one by one, and that is where the placements arose and I absolutely take on board what the Deputy is saying. There can be a distance to travel. However, we work to try to get all of the people applying for this type of care, whether the fair deal scheme or this type of patient, to a location that is their preference. We might not get there straight away-----