Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for coming in today. First, I congratulate them on how they have managed to achieve so much in such a short period of time within the library services and so on. It is heartening for the committee to get a bit of good news for a change. I address my first question to Mr. Brady and Ms Cusack. When the library was being adapted to make it autism-friendly, did the organisations face any major obstacles or challenges?

On the points made by Ms Purtill, I am very interested in the issue of getting information out. There seems to be a difficulty in getting information out that there is a specific line for people with autism, who can go on a specific housing list. How do we improve that? Is it done in an ad hocway? I live in Cork, so the local authorities in my area are Cork County Council and Cork City Council. They are very different, even though they are in the same county. The organisations represented here today probably face the same challenges. Does it work in a similar way in Limerick? I have just learned of the process for people with autism today. I was not aware of it previously. I am very disappointed in the fact that there is no independent input. At least it is now on the record that it is something to be looked at. Finally, how is the implementation plan for the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 going?