Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I said, I spoke to one of the providers last week. He had been against it and had said it would not work and he genuinely said to me it is working. The providers have more money as well, and that is helpful in making sure they provide the service.

I am meeting the chairs of every EmployAbility company on Thursday morning. I want to hear what their concerns are and how we can work with them to address those concerns. There is clear legal advice so we have to do something but I want to make sure we get it right. My ultimate priority is the service user, the person with a disability who we are trying to help. I want to make sure whatever we do, we get it right for them. In fairness to Deputy McAuliffe, he is close to one of the schemes in his constituency. I took on board the concerns raised and I think there are others who will be able to say this is working well. I will listen to them all on Thursday morning because we want to try to make sure the person with the disability gets the best possible service.

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