Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)
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Yes. To be fair, the three people who have presented this afternoon have shown in a lived way the importance of the personal assistant, PA, service model of delivery, whether it is the number of hours or whatever. How can we make that service better and deliver it in a way that ensures that the needs of the person are met? I refer to a person who requires, say, ten hours. I agree the service is clinician led and I accept that I would not be able to make a determination but if someone needs an increase in the number of hours, why can we not give that person the extra hours in association with the clinician or whoever?