The Minister has responded in some respects in relation to the public education programme to be launched tomorrow. Would the Minister agree that the other side of the fight is the level of services available, of which the sexually-transmitted diseases unit in St. James's Hospital is in the front line for screening and treatment in the Dublin area? Is the Minister aware that there is concern that this unit is under-staffed, that they experience difficulty in getting necessary facilities, even something as simple as a microscope? Would the Minister not consider that to be entirely unsatisfactory in view of the fact that we are facing what he described as perhaps the greatest health threat since TB presented itself here in previous decades? Although I know his relationship with St. James's Hospital might not be as good as was the former Minister's, will he undertake to ensure that funds will be made available to the management of St. James's Hospital for this vital service?

That is a very long question, Deputy.

Will he ask a committee of the House to investigate the level of services in this area to ensure that they are adequate?

As the Deputy is aware, there are three hospitals with clinics for sexually transmitted diseases, St. James's Hospital being one of them in this city. The Mater and Dr. Steevens are the other two. I assure the Deputy we will have proper treatment facilities available to every AIDS patient who needs them not alone in the Dublin area but also throughout the country.