Tony Kett (Fianna Fail)

It will be of help in regional areas to publish a profile of needs. If one needs to know how many people with spina bifida live in the midlands, one will be able to establish the statistics from the information which will now be made available. Going forward, the statistics will be manifestly helpful in establishing funding requirements in various regions. We will have concrete knowledge of the holes in the provision of services across a wide range of disabilities, which can be nothing but helpful.