Mr. David Walsh:

There are currently 13 of the 24 open. There has been a longstanding challenge there in recruiting staff. It is a unit that is heavily dependent on agency staff. I do not have a timeline for when the other 11 beds will open. The local management tries to operate within what it can recruit. It had a major recruitment programme last year, and it hopes to repeat it again this year. However, it is struggling to maintain staffing at the level required. Currently, 51 of the 72 CAMHS beds nationally are open. Merlin Park University Hospital is the other facility with beds closed at the moment. The others are close to capacity, but there is a struggle with Linn Dara and a struggle in that piece of Dublin with recruiting mental health professionals.