Mr. Philip Watt:

A major report was published by the Mental Health Commission on the inappropriateness or lack of facilities in emergency departments in hospitals in terms of people having critical phases of mental health difficulties. As Deputy Sherlock said earlier, the critical need is about this being accompanied by the necessary resources. This is incredibly important. Equally, just in terms of the resources issue, it is important not to just see this in terms of human personnel but to also take into account the facilities in which people receive care, as Professor Sadlier mentioned. Many of the facilities are not up to scratch. This is a catch-22 issue because then clinicians and their teams are less likely to stay there because the infrastructure facilities are not good. We know the Minister is trying to do her best, but we really hope the next budget will be reflective of the absolute need for this Bill to be resourced and for the necessary human resources and capital resources to be provided.