Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank an tAire Stáit for his reply. I appreciate that there are possibly settings available but they are more on a regional basis. I recognise it is very difficult to accommodate everyone but the young person I referred to is used to going to her workplace every day. If a place is provided in Tipperary, that will not facilitate her daily activities. For her own mental health and everything else, it is important that she be kept in the environment she is used to. While it will not be appropriate for her to live at home anymore, there is a need to find a balance between a nursing home for older people and a care-assisted setting for younger people. I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter. Will he take it to the Minister to see whether consideration can be given to finding a smaller facility for this individual within the Limerick region?