Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is right, and I am sure no-one wants to see HIQA regulating somebody's mother's sitting room as if it were a nursing home. There is a balance between appropriate regulation for the home setting, which is, presumably - I am a layperson where this is a concerned - significantly different to the degree of regulation provided in a hospital or nursing home setting. We will endeavour, in the forthcoming budget, to continue the increased investment in disability services. The Senator knows that the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, is moving mountains to try to get the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified. We will work with the Senator on that.