Ms Kate Jarvey:

It is a great honour to be here. The 2Gen for Ireland is a new model. It is very well proven with ten years of evidence-based work in the United States. From the Crann perspective, it has been a great privilege to work with Ascend at the Aspen Institute to adapt the 2Gen to serve people with disability. In terms of numbers, first and foremost, it was about establishing the project and bringing value to lives, the lives of all the family. Second, it was about creating the model of care that we can evidence base ourselves, or proving the model. That was stage two. It was about serving the families well and proving the model. On the idea of expansion, the answer is very much a "Yes". However, we need to get to proof of concept for this model first. We need to be able to show people and service users that this is a very good way and a better way to serve people. It is cost effective and it works in the community. The answer to the question on expansion is "Yes" but in time.