We have ten remaining Deputies and only 11 minutes. Deputies might ask 30-second questions, please. I call Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan.

I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the mental health care and recovery centre in Bantry. The Mental Health Commission has recommended reducing the bed capacity at this facility from 18 beds to 11. I ask Government to reject absolutely this recommendation. The report and request are fundamentally flawed. It does not take into account the geographic nature of west Cork and fails to mention one of the biggest settlements in the area, which is Castletownbere. At this time, we should be investing more in mental health. We should be increasing bed capacity in our mental health facilities, not decreasing it. I ask the Government to do whatever it takes to reject the suggestion by the Mental Health Commission to reduce beds.

The Deputy has raised an important issue. The Mental Health Commission is there to make sure proper standards are applied across the mental health arena. On the registration of the mental health care and recovery approved centre in Bantry, the commission made a recommendation or decision that should be reduced from a total number of registered beds from 18 to 11 due to its concerns over the size of residents' bedrooms in the centre. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has requested a detailed report from the HSE on the matter. The HSE is currently examining all options available to it. It is in dialogue with the commission as part of the regulatory process and, again, we have to work with the best interests of the residents in mind from a health and safety viewpoint but also for the provision of appropriate treatments. I will ask that there be further engagement and talk to the Minister in that regard.