John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Very often local government intervenes when a person becomes less able or incapacitated and it is almost at the point of crisis. All of the witnesses who came before the committee today could offer something really valuable in terms of how the State could anticipate that in order to ensure it is possible for people to stay in their homes for as long as possible. What is the experience of the witnesses of unregulated care activity, such as the informal care of people in their home? Is it widespread? What does the committee need to know about that?