Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Select Committee on Health
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I thank the Deputy for her contribution. I will say again there will be a central role for the Minister with responsibility for disability. It is about working in a cross-Government manner, across Departments. To be fair to the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, he has opened that door for me. If he provides the houses and I can provide the home support, the personal assistant or the technology piece, I will come on board. We must travel the road together. There is no point in building properties that people cannot access because they do not have the health supports they need. Joined-up thinking is required, which takes us back to why this transfer is so important. It goes back to the equality piece.
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