Mr. Tony O'Brien:

I will answer regarding the private nursing home and Mr. Healy will come in on the public homes. The legislation is clear that determining the rate paid per bed per week is a function carried out by the NTPF, not the HSE, and the HSE is simply obliged to pay that rate in respect of any eligible client or patient who selects to be placed in one of those homes having had his or her place come up in order under the scheme, given there is a degree of choice. The NTPF, therefore, is entirely responsible for the methodology-----