Dr. Marita O'Brien:

Yes, I am talking about housing with care-assisted living. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government can build houses for older people or people with disabilities, but it does not want to take on the provision of services because that would have to come out of its budget. It needs to be helped if it is going to be involved in providing that budget. At the same time, the Department of Health cannot commit to a certain level of funding unless it has details of the assessed needs of those who are going to be using these houses. Perhaps the additional integration that is needed can be facilitated by establishing a budget system in which each Department commits to provide a certain proportion of the money needed to support a person's living and health care needs. Maybe we could put them together to further promote that kind of approach.