Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is one of the key points that was made earlier.

Before we finish, the committee wants to produce a report that makes sense. Getting the service providers' buy-in and their ideas and issues in that is very important. The groups have expressed their views today. The matter of audits was raised earlier by Deputy Murphy but what about an audit of services? Do the providers have an annual report on service and change or do they intend to do so? What are the service providers doing to make themselves more accountable? What is their audit process to evaluate what needs to change? The witnesses have told us what is changing, I would not describe it as what is being imposed on them from TII or otherwise, but if they had the funds, what is their best case scenario or plan? How could they shorten the waiting time for people with disabilities? I know that significant investment will be brought in, but what if that was front-loaded? What is the best that the service providers could offer people?