Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to come back to Mr. O'Rourke and Mr. Coleman on a few questions, the first of which goes back to the need for a disability officer. If we are looking at building 2,000 homes per year, that will amount to 40,000 over 20 years. We would need to put a figure on how many universal design homes we are going to deliver for people with disabilities. The LDA would have to employ a disability officer and ensure that members of its board and staff are from the disability community. The job of work the agency is doing now is so immense that not to have disability advocates included and working for it would be a major mistake. Could I get a comment on that first?