I visited the Mater Misericordiae Hospital a few weeks ago and raised on the Adjournment my concerns about the closure of hospital beds. I realised at that stage that part of our problem is that the Minister is unable to disclose the budget of each hospital long in advance. The hospital authorities do not know their budget and are unable to draw up their budget in advance because we in Ireland do not use such a system. We use a system whereby the budget is allocated each year. The Minister does not have the ability to overcome that difficulty, but the Government and the Oireachtas will be able to help in that direction for the future.