Ms Anne Ennis:

The Deputy’s point about not being good at asking people with disabilities what they need is true. That is why a lot of people ended up in congregated settings and institutions. In recent years, the HSE has been investing in a programme of training called enhancing quality transitions. That is about really listening to people and finding out where they want to go. The Department of housing has partnered with us around getting people their own homes. We have models where people are not simply going to a four-bed house but are actually living in their own homes. Their own homes are either adapted or they find new homes with a combination of support from the Department of housing and the HSE.