Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If a bungalow on a half-acre site in a sylvan setting is available in east Galway or wherever, and the Brothers of Charity or Ability West want to buy that, is there a process where they can streamline and get that quickly, or is it convoluted and complicated meaning that property is not available?Can we do something to look at improving that? There are specific requirements that certain children and young adults want. They may have sensory issues. They may like the outdoors, or the feel of leaves or green grass.

If someone in a setting and or in a family has a friend or friends that he has spent his life growing up with, we want to be able to ensure those two or three young lads will move along together to the next home; their home, as it were. Having dealt with people who are brothers like that, I know that they call it their home: Tom's home, John's home, Michael's home. It is their home. It is their home away from home but it is their home. Is there any way we can look at streamlining the process so that when a property is available, two steps have to be taken instead of ten steps? This would ensure the organisation could move quickly.

I often come across parents who are pensioners and are caring for young, or not so young, adults. In some cases, these adults are in their 50s or 60s and their parents are in their 80s or 90s. The parents might not be full-time carers but they are still worried about what will happen when they are gone. That is something that is very difficult. I always say that they will be looked after by the State but we cannot say where, when, and how. Perhaps this is something on which the Minister can comment.