David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)

The last line of the Minister's response states that provision will be considered "in the context of". Every time I hear a Minister or Department member state something will be considered "in the context", I am concerned that the "context" will be that funding will not be available and that all sorts of reasons will be cited as to the reason for that.

I pointed out earlier that the ward was closed in 2009, but the response cites the Prospectus report which was published in 2008 and refers to bed capacity. Does the Minister of State accept that the Prospectus report should not be cited as the ward was closed after the report was published? There is an anomaly in the response the Minister needs to address. Also, the Minister has not addressed the question of when the capital funding will be released. He accepts a commitment was given, but he has not given any indication as to when the funding will be delivered.