Mr. Paul Alford:

I want to say that because there is a housing crisis here in Ireland, people should therefore be told where they are on the list. They are never told the place they have on the list or how long it will take for them to get a house. We need more people to be taken out of these institutions in order to live a good life where they will have their own support and a choice of who they want to live with.

The Government said approximately 12 years ago that it was going to move people out of the congregated settings, the institutions and the nursing homes. We have not seen that. Why say you will do something and then not keep to your word and listen to the disabled people? We need more people to listen to disabled people and to take what they want on board. What is happening is not what they want. It is our choices and our voices at the end of the day.