Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Habilitation and Rehabilitation – UNCRPD Article 26: Discussion
5:30 pm
Mr. Reinhard Schäler:
They said that if they do it, it will take much longer. We are in a position to do this. We are in position to start next year, if it gets into the capital plan for the HSE for 2025. That is the one thing that has to happen. The rest must happen too, but the one thing that has to happen is that we start next year and do not wait another year. We were going to do it later year or this year but it did not happen. It must happen next year. There is a time for it to be done and the time is now, not next year or the following year. That national centre will not just help people in Dublin; it will also help people around the country.