Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Good morning. I thank everyone for coming in and sharing their experience with us. I would like to ask Mr. Meere the first question. I was recently talking to a young man who had a stroke about a year ago. He received wonderful supports when in hospital, especially in the National Rehabilitation Hospital, but when he was discharged and went home, the support system disappeared. From the witnesses' experience, what are the supports like? He was getting intensive physio and other supports. Now he has had two sessions of physio and he had to fight for those. Were supports available for Mr. Meere to get back into the workforce? How difficult was that? Did he, as we hear all the time, have to fight for everything that he needs?