As the Deputy is aware, the administration of health services in the Belmullet area is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the Western Health Board. I have made inquiries of the board in relation to the matter raised and am informed that the senior physiotherapist in Belmullet District Hospital took up duty on 3 September 2001. The post is designated to provide physiotherapy services to in-patients, both short-stay and long-stay, at the hospital. There is currently no separate physiotherapist employed to deal with out-patients. All patients are evaluated in order to determine the level of physiotherapy service required by the in-patient population. Arrangements are being made to review this evaluation, with the involvement of the senior physiotherapist, the director of nursing and the medical officer. If it emerges from the review that there is physiotherapy time available, an out-patient service will be introduced.