As the number of patients in psychiatric hospitals has reduced, it is interesting to see what use can be made of vacant buildings. The Government talked about decentralisation many years ago. St. Brigid's Hospital was the first to offer a building suitable for a Department office. The same hospital offered facilities to the local committee for the Special Olympics to be held next year. They were welcome developments, but it is somewhat ironic that St. Brigid's is a heritage site and it is always difficult to deal with the adaptation of such sites. Planning permission and a fire officer's report are required. It was not possible to install a ramp beside Ward 1 because of planning considerations. When trying to make changes to a building it is very frustrating to come up against heritage problems, fire officer's problems, etc., making further use of the building impossible. These are issues to be dealt with by the planning office and are not within the remit of the Minister.