It is important for the Minister of State to refer to the reports. One is a position paper on substance abuse from the east Galway mental health service. It was compiled by professionals working at the coalface who knew not only their patients but how they should be treated. They say there are many and varied reasons why a community treatment programme is not appropriate for some individuals. The literature and the various policy documents are loud in acknowledging this. The report, Planning for the Future, recommends that in addition to a fully developed comprehensive community treatment programme, beds should be provided per sector for in-patient treatment for those suffering from substance abuse. It states: "Accordingly, we strongly recommend, as we are only at the embryonic stage of a comprehensive community programme, the continued provision of our existing nine-bedded in-service programme in Ballinasloe." These nine beds are, according to Planning for the Future, a minimum requirement. According to the second guideline of Planning for the Future, the service should have access to two to three beds for clients unable to attend out-patient services or who, perhaps, live long distances away as well as for social reasons.