Mr. Mark Darmody:

I will come in. Without being overly critical, the HSE has shown that it is not capable of doing this even in our area. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, said we are probably the worst area in the country with figures. It is getting worse – not better. This is like watching a sinking ship go down and down. However, children are suffering permanently because of this. At some stage, people have to say, “Stop”. We need to find someone else then to do it.

I refer to my idea of finding a financial way. Parents will be able to find someone. It will not be the solution – I will concede that absolutely. However, it gives parents what I call a fighting chance. For example, I could find or get someone to come down to my house and help me tomorrow morning. I do not have that fighting chance right now. If this committee came to the conclusion that was a good idea to somehow source a way to do that, it would be helpful. We are at our best when we, as Cara said, see things like a crisis. We see that we have to come up with an answer tonight, not tomorrow.