Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

National Disability Authority: Chairperson Designate

2:00 pm

Ms Helen Guinan:

We have certainly moved on. The supports needed in the mainstreaming process are critical; it is one area where much work still needs to be done. It is all very well to say that mainstreaming is necessary - as it absolutely is - but unless supports are there, it can become really difficult for people delivering any service to accommodate particularly severe needs.