Responsibility for the provision of funding for organisations providing services for people with an intellectual disability or autism in the north-eastern region rests, in the first instance, with the North Eastern Health Board. The situation at Drumcar will be discussed at a meeting between the Department of Health and Children and health board representatives on Tuesday, 4 February in the context of the board's service plan for 2003. A meeting between the Department of Health and Children, the health board and St. John of God's representatives is also scheduled for the following day. Within the resources available to the health board this year, the Minister is hopeful progress can be made at these meetings on the most pressing problems facing Drumcar.