Dr. Kathleen MacLellan:

I thank the Deputy for her questions.

We absolutely accept the importance of transitioning as many people as we can. Our budget this year was €2.2 billion for disability services. The additional €100 million we obtained for disability services, which was significant, has provided for more than 100 additional residential places. It has allowed for decongregation of 144 this year and places for the 18 nursing home transitions. We accept the need to use the data to build for multi-annual funding. We see the imminent publication of the capacity report as being critical to that so that we can plan for demand for disability services in the next ten years through demographics and disability needs. Planning for the future over years is critical.