Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 February 2023

Committee on Public Petitions

Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman

Mr. Ger Deering:

-----or other more suitable accommodation. A bigger issue is trying to find the supports that people need in the community. As the Deputy will know, it is not a matter of just moving from a congregated setting or a nursing home into a community setting because the support needs to be put around these people. There is no doubt but that implementation is happening, the policy is there and there is a commitment to it. I suspect, however, it is not happening as quickly as anybody would like it to happen.

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