Mr. Michael Doyle:

We are talking about PA. The heading today is PA and personalised budgets but this reflects and applies to the whole life experience of somebody. This is just the anchor point and a starting point, whether it is for education, employment, transport, travel or living their lives. It is the holistic approach that needs to be looked at in relation to it and the acknowledgement, again, that there be a PA service or personalised budget that needs to be defined and flexible to support people.

At the moment it is arguable whether it actually is prioritised or it is given lip service. Mr. Dalton mentioned how centrally there are limited supports for him to manage his current service. Only a limited number of people in Ireland took up the pilot. If that is to be expanded there needs to be investment at that level in relation to driving and supporting it.