How does the Minister expect the Southern Health Board to renovate Sarsfield's Court unit which will accommodate some patients taken out of what is known as the Grey Building? Furthermore, how does he expect the Southern Health Board to provide residential units, especially in view of the fact that the psychiatric services in the Southern Health Board region at present are already operating above their budget allocation for this year? Also in relation to the lack of hygiene and the dirt prevailing in certain parts of Our Lady's Psychiatric Hospital, will the Minister take any disciplinary action against the management who are responsible and accountable for the maintenance of standards in our hospitals because obviously they have not been doing their job in this case?

I am satisfied that a lot of progress can be made within the existing budget of £10 million. Having spoken to the chairman and chief executive officer of the Southern Health Board I am also satisfied that the management are fully committed to dealing with the position obtaining at Our Lady's Psychiatric Hospital.

Will the Minister make any money at all available, even one penny, towards the funding of the proposals contained in Planning for the Future, which document has been with the Department of Health since 1986 and without whose implementation all our words become meaningless? Will the Minister apply even one penny to the implementation of that policy?

I am satisfied that in each of the health board areas certain progress has been made at different levels within the allocation that has been provided for each of the health boards.