Mr. Kevin McCarthy:

The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, as the committee knows, has overall responsibility for disability services and is co-located between the two Departments. We have established a disability division within the Department. It was headed by an assistant secretary. We currently have acting arrangements in place in respect of that. Staff in our disability unit are engaging actively with colleagues in the Department of Health who will be transferring to our Department as part of the transfer. Over a number of months, there has been a lot of intensive engagement on all policy matters relating to disability services to ensure that the transfer is seamless in terms of policy continuity.