I join my colleague in thanking the Deputies for bringing forward this motion. I also commend the work of the Before We Die campaign. I had the honour of chairing the petitions committee when its members presented to us a couple of weeks ago. It was a very powerful meeting. I also pay tribute to Nora Roban and the Remember Us group in Balbriggan. Whether the Government works with them or against them, they are going to build their plan of Homes for Us because they are very determined and it is very needed. I urge the Minister to talk to her colleagues and revise her definition of what does and does not constitute a congregated setting. Nobody is talking about going back to the high-walled institutions of the past. Last night, I spoke to a person I know very well about her daughter, who has an intellectual disability. I asked her how she felt about this campaign. She said that from the day after she was told of her daughter's diagnosis, the thought that has kept her up and awake at night, every night, is "What is going to happen to her when I am gone?" People say there is no point in worrying about the things that you cannot control, but this is a relentless worry, every night. Along with all the worries that every other parent has, and, believe me, that never stops, she worries about who will look after her daughter when she is gone. She has no faith in this Government. The Minister says in her script that she is aiming for the right support in the right place at the right time. Speaking on behalf of the people I have spoken to, there is no support in any place at any time, and the Minister needs to do better.

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