Mr. Jim Breslin:

I would like to contribute to the reply. The Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, has met a local delegation of Deputies. It has been acknowledged that if we were to apply the bed norms for the entire south east, there would be a deficit of 18 acute psychiatric beds. I know that the chief officer is looking at the options for delivering those beds. Like the Minister of State, she has heard from the local group in County Tipperary about the proposal for them to be delivered in Clonmel. That is being looked at. Other sites are also being looked at. The four acute hospital sites are being looked at, with a view to trying to come up with a plan in that regard.