Mr. Bernard Gloster:

It will be the first time the agency will directly employ speech and language therapists and occupational therapists, along with the limited number of psychologists we have. The Deputy spoke about Dublin North-Central, and there is a variation in Waterford. There are variations in therapeutic definitions and we will not look to absolutely standardise that because there are different good examples around the country. We will look for basic standards to be met but have long since decided on the need to move on and have our own ìn-house therapeutic input. We have committed 15 posts to that this year alone and they are going into the recruitment process now.