Mr. Michael McCabe:

I will follow up on what the personal assistant means to me. I worked for 20 years. I am married. I am very active in the disability sector. I would not be able to do any of this without a personal assistant. My wife and I would not be able to have an equal relationship if I was constantly depending on her. It is very hard to explain if one has not experienced it before. The other thing I would ask the committee to do is to consider direct payments. Those have to come in. We have been fighting for them for the last number of years. It will be much more cost-effective as well.