Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is where I disagree. That is where I think we are falling down. There are too many different Departments involved. We need joined-up thinking in the sense that if a child needs a bathroom adaptation grant or a sensory room, a family could go to the HSE to say “We need to get this built”, instead of having organisations saying “That is for the council and we are not working with that.” That is not right. At the end of the day, that is a system that is not fit for purpose. Everything that affects a child has to be included and there has to be joined-up thinking for something that is so important to a child and a family. However, that is what is happening. Everyone is passing the buck and saying, “That is not my remit.” That is where we are falling down. Everybody should be working together. We are talking about children, and we need to make sure they get what they are entitled to, but it is also about the parents. Children need the bathroom or they need the sensory room. That is where I feel we are falling down.