Ms Tanya Ward:

I fully support what Ms Finn proposes. On the wraparound services and the approach that might work, a good example is the area-based childhood initiatives, which are run by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in conjunction with Tusla. When those programmes were being set up, an area was asked to pitch an initiative or programme. Many providers came together, formed a steering committee, developed various approaches and ran them in the community. There are many examples of how services can be provided to vulnerable people and many success stories of how it works. We could borrow from that as a solution.

Under the Scottish model Ms Finn mentioned, I understand that people are placed in housing communities. A potential solution is that an AHB could lease properties in various parts of the country where density is lower. If that is done, however, there must be wraparound services for the people in question.

There are many solutions. It is a matter of thinking big and not reproducing the same results. We need to consider the best sustainable housing accommodation solutions for a vulnerable group of people, hopefully for only a short period.