Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to be associated with welcoming of Ronan Scully's family to the Gallery. Ronan lives in Galway, so I am proud to have that connection and I acknowledge the wonderful work he does.

Let us be clear about this. Recently, the HSE informed me that the work CoAction is doing in west Cork under PDS is one of the better examples around the country. I struggle to find good, so is it not great to find it in west Cork? Is it not great that I can point to it and say that is what good looks like? If someone is thinking of putting that at risk, it will not be on my watch. I need to have good because I struggle to find good in the 91 teams.

I am delighted the Senator brought up the issue in Castletownbere, where we have properties standing idle. Why not put a plan in place to retrofit and repurpose those houses while we transition the development of the house needed at Bayview? With a little bit of logical, proactive thinking from all concerned, including my Department, the HSE and CoAction, we can find a solution.