Catherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Senator said, we need to listen to the people who use these facilities. These are people who find it more difficult than the rest of us to navigate the world. They get the opportunity to spend a week or however long in an environment that makes them feel better and improves their quality of life. Therefore, we should be talking to the representative of the Irish Wheelchair Association rather than the Minister of State because I can well imagine that he is in a bind on this matter. He may be unable to expressly say so but that is what I think. Pressure must be brought to bear on the Irish Wheelchair Association to do whatever is necessary, and I do not mean a stay of execution. Cuisle is a long-standing facility that could well continue and there is the means and will for that to happen. I hope that the Minister of State will use his good office to ensure that happens.