Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We need proper workforce planning. We are creating a level of dependency if we do not provide the supports to children or people at every juncture of their lives to be able to live their best lives. Even in our special schools, people are coming out without any kind of qualification. It is assumed they will go into a day service. It is not right to assume they will go in there at 18 and remain there for the rest of their lives. The rest of us do not come out of school and assume we will do one thing for the rest of our lives, so we should not assume it about anyone else.