Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Committee on Disability Matters

Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion

2:00 am

Ms Suzy Byrne:

A lot of our work is about people who are inappropriately placed or have no supports or services. We have people under 65 who are placed in nursing homes because there is nowhere else for them to go. There are people in homeless services who are inappropriately placed and cannot cope in homeless services but may not meet a threshold of disability to move into more supported accommodation.