Ms Meaghan Carmody:

I thank the Deputy for his contribution. Zooming out to that high-level perspective, on looking at the strategies of the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Rural and Community Development, there is no evidence the SDGs have been used from the outset to address the various issues the policies raised have been designed to address. If it was asked at the outset how somebody who is disabled will cope with a 14 km gap between bus stops, that might be ameliorated. After the fact, it is too late. If you look at both of the strategies-----