Mr. Paul McBride:

I agree with Mr. Collumb that everything moves terribly slowly. AT has added 18 members over the past four years and we now stand at 42. We are capped, to some extent, at that level because of the lack of funding and we referenced that in the opening statement Mr. Collumb delivered.

On the point made by Deputy Tully on intellectual disability and a personalised budget or direct payment being available, 23% of our current membership have intellectual disabilities, and the payment is available to persons across the spectrum of disability. Typically, people who come to AT will already have a HSE-funded budget.