Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----is about the idea of the hub and the hub services. It is an example that was given to us yesterday. It was from Portugal, Finland and even, I think, New Brunswick, and it was an idea in relation to disability. Portugal was the example they really went into. It was the idea that you actually took out the special schools and then took the support teams and turned them into 154 teams that then dealt with all the schools. They have not needed to resource beyond that. I think that idea works, even taking disability out of it, because even within that you are providing plans and supports for all the kids and you are not even worried about assessments because everybody is getting it. It was best practice being employed by all. If we could do that and provide bespoke supports in relation to one-to-ones with certain families who would benefit greatly from it, we could avoid some of the disaster situations and circumstances that arise and we could really do something in tackling poverty and deprivation. We will be wasting our time if we do not deal with the underlying housing crisis and the fact that we have not always facilitated people into proper education and employment.