Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It does, yes. It relates to the point I was making to Mr. Moynihan initially on the source of information. Mr. Reid obviously gleaned the information on the number living alone from the CSO. We need detailed work to drill into the statistics, reach out to people and determine what exactly they want to do. The Department officials, when they were before us earlier, told us this is part of the process they are to engage in.

While we have a housing crisis and this is very much part of the challenge, there is a great opportunity for us to get this right. Our population is getting older and there are challenges with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. We want more people living in their own homes and communities such as those facilitated by the Sue Ryder Foundation. I thank the delegates for the work they are doing. We need to be more responsive to what they are bringing to us. I put my hand up and say we have not been to date.