Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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I was going to begin with another question but I wish to stay on that issue. Can I take it from that then that the HSE’s plan for east Cork is to have zero residential facilities and to move people to St. Stephen’s facility? That seems to be what the HSE is saying, namely, that it sees no qualitative difference between that and long-stay hostels and that it has no intention of replacing these residential places. The reason I ask is because that is directly in conflict with the Sharing the Vision policy, which suggests that one needs three sites with around ten placements for a population of that area. The previous speaker was not able to give that number, but I have it and it is three sites of ten placements for that population size. Is Mr. Fitzgerald saying that the plans that the HSE has are directly in conflict with Sharing the Vision.