2527. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the proposals of a group (details supplied) on its call to end the practice of relying on costly, for-profit emergency placements, ensuring a national transition framework to establish a formal planning process for adults with intellectual disabilities over the age of 18 and for ringfenced funding with dedicated capital for small-scale, community based supported housing; to establish a joint taskforce of the HSE and Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with statutory timelines for delivery; and to ensure the commitment to transparency including the annual publication of data regarding unmet housing needs versus new units delivered; and a legislative review of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and the Congregated Settings policy. [25886/26]

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2527. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the proposals of a group (details supplied) on its call to end the practice of relying on costly, for-profit emergency placements, ensuring a national transition framework to establish a formal planning process for adults with intellectual disabilities over the age of 18 and for ringfenced funding with dedicated capital for small-scale, community based supported housing; to establish a joint taskforce of the HSE and Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with statutory timelines for delivery; and to ensure the commitment to transparency including the annual publication of data regarding unmet housing needs versus new units delivered; and a legislative review of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and the Congregated Settings policy. [25886/26]

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