Dr. Sinead O'Brien:

As I mentioned earlier, we are appointing a new rehabilitation consultant psychiatrist with a team. This team will have a remit covering both the North Lee and South Lee areas. We are going to be looking at all the facilities we have for all individuals from Cork. The Senator quite rightly pointed out that a number of residents who resided in units in St. Stephen's Hospital that are now closed successfully moved out into the community. There is a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team in north Cork. The input from that team has allowed people to develop skills that allow them to live more independently. As it stands, there are some vacancies in the three residences in north Cork which the Senator mentioned.