Liam Quaide (Cork East, Social Democrats)

It seems that a lot of political change that needs to happen in this country, in the area of disability and probably in all areas, often falls foul of a kind of disjointedness between Departments or agencies and maybe a lack of integration that is needed to drive something forward. Can the witnesses give a sense of the cross-departmental work that needs to happen to ensure that personalised budgets are pursued and implemented and that we do not have years of delay and review? What needs to happen between the Department of social protection and other Departments?