Does the Minister accept that it is tantamount to misleading the House to present figures in the manner in which he has presented some of them? I raised a point concerning subventions from health boards for the care of the aged. To speak about £250,000 being an improvement on the previous year is to conceal the fact that so many long-stay hospitals have been closed and patients have been discharged who are now depending on these nursing homes where their care is subvented by the health boards.

We must have finality on this question.

I do not accept what Deputy Rabbitte is saying. There was a proposal by my predecessor that Baggot Street Hospital should be closed and sold off. I took responsibility for asking the Eastern Health Board to take over Baggot Street Hospital where not alone have they provided 35 beds for the elderly but also 35 beds for respite care, so that the carers might be looked after. If the Deputy wishes to put down a question, we will deal with it.