Ms Fiona Larthwell:

There were some other very interesting points that might come up later, but in terms of the housing condition specifically, that is something we had considered. We understand from Age Friendly Ireland that about 31% of older adults report moderate to major problems in housing. We have engaged ALONE, which provided us with a submission as well. It indicated that about half of people over 50 have some kind of issue with their housing and nearly 10% have a sort of critical difficulty in keeping the housing warm if they are older. We think that will be a challenge. At the end of the day, if a person is going into care because their needs are such that they cannot look after themselves in their own home, it is highly likely that they will have had difficulty maintaining that home as well. That is something we are expecting. The initial six-month period that have to kind of test this all out will give us a bit of a view as to how quickly those homes actually start to materialise.