Ms Carly Bailey:

To broaden it out and look at the bigger picture - potentially, this is what the Deputy is trying to get at there - it is about how the Department of Social Protection operates and about the siloed nature of that. It is also about how, for the families we are all here to represent, we have to deal with different Departments. For example, the Department of Social Protection is responsible for certain payments and the Department of housing is responsible for others. Then there is the lack of accessible housing, potentially, and of publicly funded childcare, and the costs relating to both. It is even difficult to access childcare anymore. There is a lack of services for children and adults with disabilities and complex needs and of resourced schools with enough special education teachers and special needs assistants. It is all interconnected. That is why we are looking at the system as a whole. I am not suggesting that it will be fixed overnight in one budget. However, it needs to be looked at in the round because, otherwise, it will not be possible to fix the system effectively in order to make it work for families and individuals.