Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Cathaoirleach for his openness at all times, and for the way in which he treats me and my officials when we come in here, letting the conversation flow. It is greatly appreciated. One of the points he made relates to residential places. There is a review of high-cost placements under way. The spending review for services is being led by Ms Loughman and is a valuable piece of work. Before coming into the meeting, I had a conversation about how many residential places will be brought on stream in 2024. There will be the guts of 200 places whereas four years ago, I would have been talking about 100 to 103 places. It is clear that we are adding capacity.

We want to build capacity closest to home and to people's communities in order to be true to the UNCRPD. I will say it for the last time: that is why the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has a housing strategy for disabled people - The National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027. I have it here with me. It will be led by that Department, as it must be in order to build houses. Sometimes, when we-----