Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed)
2:15 pm
Mr. Jerh O'Donoghue:
The first choice would be to stay in one's own home. However, a lot of people make the right decision that it is no longer feasible to stay in their own home because of transport, if they cannot driver any longer, and, most important of all, because they are too far away from the services. We are very lucky because our houses are close to the church, the bus stop, the shop and the day centre. It is a perfect situation for people. They do find it very attractive and that is why we have a long waiting list. People make up their mind that they will hold on one year but that the following year they will have to relocate to one of the houses.