Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail)

I know but I ask the Acting Chairman to indulge me slightly because I have a couple of brief points to make. As the Minister of State has made the effort to be present in the Chamber, the least I can do is to make the points outlining my rationale for raising this matter. The aforementioned notes stated Wisdom Services has received 38% of the funding and have 23% of the people with intellectual disabilities. That is a ridiculous statement and clearly was written by a spindoctor, rather than someone who is involved in the delivery of services to those with intellectual disabilities. Anyone familiar with this issue is aware that those who receive the services at Cregg House are the people with the most complexities. As other people's intellectual disabilities might be mild, when compared with the more severe to profound intellectual disabilities dealt with at Cregg House, it is only right the latter receives a higher proportion of funding relative to the complexities of the services that are delivered in that area.

Third, the Minister of State must have been misinformed because the person I know would never have been as flippant with language as to state there were difficulties for quite some time at Wisdom Services. This suggests a level of incompetence and recklessness with funding which-----