Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

We have gone on with the expert working group, which has made certain recommendations. On foot of that, we have given approval to tender for design team. One cannot simply double or treble allocations if one does not have the capacity to deliver the service. One must plan for a service, and that is what we are doing on the basis of the report. We are planning an increase in the service's capacity. As the Deputy rightly said, existing in-patient services are inadequate. There is insufficient capacity in Warrenstown House and St. Anne's in Galway for national cohorts. Therefore, we are increasing the capacity. I will not enter into a discussion about expenditure tables, Punchestown or voting machines in this context. I am describing to the Deputy what is being done on this issue. The Government is aware of the problem and is dealing with it.

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