Mr. Reinhard Schäler:

In the middle of last year, the HSE asked what we would need to start implementing some of the recommendations. We sent a proposal to the HSE that outlined what we needed and it came to a sum of €880,000. That is to start developing the service that we deliver at the moment. The HSE has proposed that Teach An Saol should be built in two phases. The first phase would cover services that we already deliver, so there would not be a big increase in annual funding. We would then work on the respite and transitional living parts, which are services that are badly needed. We are all getting older and we do not know what is going to happen to our children in a few years’ time, and we do not want them to end up in a nursing home. We need this integrated centre. There is a reason that it has those four hubs and four elements. We would be happy to stage that in two phases and take a little bit of time to make sure it is sustainable.