Ms Yvonne O'Neill:

I can respond to that. It is a key part of the processes that will support any changes in legislation which drive the policy and practice. It is very important for us in the development of the scheme that we have the supporting assessment process agreed. There is a well developed proposal on that. The Deputy probably will be aware of the interRAI as a common assessment framework that can bring a level of clarity and transparency to how individuals are assessed. In addition, that will be common across the setting where the person could be coming from, perhaps a home, a hospital or a residential rehabilitation or reablement service, and planning to move home. That integrated decision-making process is a core part of the changes that are happening in the home support scheme, and implementation of the common assessment framework is a key part of that. Considerable recruitment is taking place with regard to the number of assessors who will have that dedicated function. It will be an important part of the overall process, an improved process pathway that the Deputy referred to in her question.