Tony Kett (Fianna Fail)

I know it is highly unlikely we will have the Minister for Health and Children or the Minister for Finance in this House before budget day. I therefore ask the Leader to convey to both Ministers the real need for a focus on the transformation that has taken place in the area of financing disability. I ask the Leader to assist me in ensuring that that focus is not lost and that even in bad times, neither Minister will undo the good work that has been done in that regard. Statistics have shown that disability and poverty go hand in hand and that most families headed by a disabled person are more or less on the poverty line. It is a very good area for us to continue to do good work, and I hope the Leader can assist me in that regard.