Ms Mary Foyle:

We are in a similar situation to that Mr. Meany and Dr. Harnett spoke about. Galway is a broad county, from Clifden across to Portumna and Mountbellew.

We depend very much on transport. There is complete underinvestment in transport for the people we support. We want to deliver localised services, but we do not have that hop-on-hop-off option when it comes to buses. We need investment in transport in order to allow people to attend our day services.

Regarding assessments of needs, we have developed our own system whereby we have identified a gap between unmet needs and where we should be. Again, there is significant under-resourcing in the context of unmet needs and changing needs at Ability West.