Ms Anna Cronin:

I am afraid we very likely would. I have eight children and Patrick is actually the centre of our lives. Nevertheless, the other seven must go out and earn a living. We are in the evening of our lives and so it stands to reason that, without that day care centre, we would have to make arrangements that would make us very unhappy and which would certainly make Patrick very unhappy. He is part and parcel of our lives and would find it almost impossible were we not to have that day care service. It gives us freedom and has made it possible for us to have our Patrick with us all the time for the 37 years he has lived.