Martin Daly (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister, Deputy Foley, and the Minister of State, Deputy Higgins, for coming here with their teams from the Department this evening. The whole disability area is huge and it has been prioritised by Government. It is an area where there is a huge and growing need. At the end of the day, we need to be sure we have adequate funding going forward for the development of new services but also that we get value for money. That is on everyone's minds.

Looking at the Supplementary Estimate statement, I will refer to the €85 million overspend for specialist residential services. Are those residential services provided directly by the State or are they third-party, private providers?