Dr. Alison Harnett:

I will make a brief comment on the Senator's question with regard to access to public health. As we witness the transition of disability policy to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, there is an important safeguarding needed for the health services. While disability services are under the aegis of the Department of Health, there is a close connectivity between the health services accessed through disability. There is a real need for everybody to be cognisant of safeguarding that access and that connection as disability moves into a different Department. I am sure everybody is very aware of that, but we need to ensure those connections are maintained and strengthened so that people can access the health requirements they have even though the disability side has been moved to another Department.