Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I will certainly take back the Senator's frustration in regard to the response to the Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill. As she said, it is very important to shine a light on where the phase 1 review is currently at. I will seek clarity in regard to that from the HSE capital planning expert group. We are all in agreement that we need to make more effort in regard to the promotion of community inclusion and reducing the reliance on institutional care. As she eloquently expressed and outlined, this Teach An Saol project complements many of the initiatives through Sláintecare and under the UNCRPD. While we have increased the capital budget within disability services, which has increased significantly through a multi-annual strategy, we need to look at how projects are prioritised. These types of projects that have already been initiated should be prioritised. We should be looking at investment that is aligned with the national disability policy. I again thank the Senator for raising this. I will take her message back to the Minister.