Professor Mary McCarron:

I do not have any easy answer for that, unfortunately. This issue is not unique to Cork. It arises in the rest of the country as well. There are various things that need to be done. The first thing is to get people with intellectual disabilities onto the agenda. Very often, they are not on the agenda. There needs to be a real effort to work to get this commitment from public bodies and other groups. I am afraid the data sources we have at the moment do not provide quick answers to the Senator's question.