Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not know how I can follow that. It was enlightening to hear Ms Gaynor give us a visualisation of what it is all about. There are a few comments I would like to make. I am concerned about the fact that there is a differentiation between services in rural and urban areas. Coming from a rural constituency, I see it on the ground. People are living in more isolation. They are probably not aware of PA services that are there. That may be something the representatives from HSE would like to speak to. The words coming back at me are rights-based individualisation and the freedom to live your life as you want to live it. That is what we are about here. The worst thing I am hearing is that there is this control of what people can and cannot do. That is a world I thought we had left behind us. Significant work needs to be done in this area. The HSE might explain how it is going to balance the differentiation between urban and rural areas. What is stopping this being a uniform service across the State? Is it money? Is it lack of enthusiasm? Is it just that it is something people have no interest in? From my point of view, we are starting from the wrong place.