Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion
Mr. David Doyle:
It is like the tail wagging the dog when the disability authorities come to our organisations asking whether we can build a house first, or do three houses every year for the next three years, on the basis that the money will be got for us through the CAS. The agencies are willing. We will do the work but someone needs to take the lead. That is why I referred to one oversight body. The Department responsible for disability must be borne in mind in this regard because the numbers have been given and because the federation will have given the numbers, knowing the number of people involved. Nobody is sitting down asking how to proceed. We are going to have to achieve this over a number of years. There is no doubt about that because the number is fairly high. Over, say, the next ten years, why not go to the various agencies and ask them to build three houses every year for the next three years, or four houses, depending on the size of the agency? They are relying on the agencies to do it.
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