Mr. Pat Bergin:

Yes, the 17 year olds. There will be capacity. We need the appropriate number of staff, and this relates to the previous question on staffing, buildings and industrial relations issues. We actually have 17 year olds on this campus who, if the legislation changed, would be on committal. We already have them there on remand and that is the point. From a capacity perspective, and this links in to the question around staffing, the shortfall of 45 staff is for the extra units to open. We are running six and seven units at the moment and we have the appropriate number of staff for that. For three more units to open, an additional 15 staff are required per unit. Three units multiplied by 15 staff makes for the required 45 staff members for the campus to run at full capacity.

With regard to social care workers' registration, social care workers are part of the new registration model. Social care will be one of the disciplines which next year will require social care to be a registered profession. On that basis, for their accreditation the social care workers will have to do whole performance training and it will be part and parcel of our recruitments. Social care workers require relevant qualifications in Oberstown as standard for our recruitments. For them to achieve the registration threshold, the ongoing training will be necessary to make sure they keep up with their registration. That will be next year.