Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I seek to reassure the Senator again. What we seriously need to do is start to create different types of communities in order that one would not have circumstances whereby a person is in a home that is way too big for him or her, as a big house is difficult to heat and stairs are difficult to negotiate among other matters. Perhaps we need to start from the perspective of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in terms of creating different types of housing. I do not mean different types of communities because I do not want people to be segregated. Members know my views in that regard. We must ensure that we start to build more appropriate settings within communities for us as we age.