Mr. Martin Rogan:

Unfortunately, some of the historic dimensions are still being acted out in real time. There is a real challenge for services to come forward into a more modern format. It is wholly inappropriate. The housing needs of people who can live in the community are predominantly the responsibility of the local authorities, and their health needs are the responsibility of the HSE. It has not always transpired that way. Often the health service has continued to provide both a home and care. Sometimes the people affected have been a hidden people, and sometimes their voice has not been heard. Our organisation works with people with lived experience, some of whom live in residential settings, to make sure their needs are fully articulated according to their preferred choices. It is important that we do not speak on behalf of them. In fact, all our work is done in co-production, which means programmes, projects and policies proceed only when people use services and when family members are actively consulted. That is where we take our-----