I also welcome Jordan and Cian to the Public Gallery and all their family and friends with them. I thank them for raising awareness of dementia. I was looking at their achievement, and they have done 32 marathons in 32 days. That sends shivers down my spine. I do not know how they managed to do it. I ran one marathon in 2018, and not 32 of them, as a person living with multiple sclerosis, just to raise awareness. The thought of doing 32 marathons is something else. I cannot contemplate it. That is some achievement. I hope to see Jordan and Cian on Sunday when they will be doing laps around Croke Park because I will be on the Hill cheering for the Dubs at the same time. I will give those lads a cheer when they are going around the pitch. I also appreciate the opportunity to speak on dementia. I do not think there is a family in the country not affected by somebody having this life-changing condition. My family is no different. My nanny, May, passed away several years ago. She was a strong Dublin woman, raised in the Liberties. She raised her own family, including my mam, in Drimnagh. She was a dressmaker and worked alongside my grandfather in his tailor's workshop on Wellington Quay, just beside Temple Bar. If she was alive today, she would have celebrated her 100th birthday a couple of weeks ago. My nanny, however, was robbed of her later years in life by Alzheimer's disease. I remember her getting upset in the early stages when she misremembered stuff. I learned very quickly that if somebody with Alzheimer's disease misremembers stuff, that is the truth. You do not argue whatsoever. That is their truth, and you allow them to have their truth. My mother and her siblings really fought for the appropriate care for their mam back then. If we fast-forward a few years later, one of those siblings, my aunt, is 66, now has Alzheimer's disease and is living in a care home. She is my godmother. I am really fond of her. She spoiled me rotten as a child. She gave me the odd clip around the ear when I was a child. She also gave me a few clips around the ear when I was an adult. Now, I deserved every single one of them. She is another one of these really formidable Dublin women who have this quick-witted sense of humour. She could cut you in two with a sentence. She worked really hard over the years. She bought a home, raised her children and doted on her grandchildren. My cousin, who I spoke to yesterday, had to make the really difficult decision around her ma having to go into residential care. She signed up for the fair deal scheme, and her words to me yesterday were that, "There is nothing fair about the fair deal scheme". Whatever improvements have been made, the people at the front end of this situation are not feeling the effects. I think this needs to be looked at too. I will not go into too much as I know my colleague wants to contribute on this issue too. As was mentioned before, however, proper home care is needed too. At the very least, while it might not stop someone having to go into a care home at some stage, it could delay that day and give people and their families that bit of quality of life, instead of having it robbed from them. I would appreciate if the Minister of State could look into this issue too. I thank him.

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