Seanad debates
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed)
12:00 pm
David Norris (Independent)
I support this amendment and wish to return to the case history I related some minutes ago. That unpleasant business might have been avoided if an appropriate assessment of needs had been done in the first place. The young man of whom I spoke would not have been placed in an inappropriate environment. I am all in favour of comprehensive assessments which would include consideration of social inclusion and the development of sustainable communities. That would have solved the problem to which I referred earlier. Consideration of cultural needs, for example, is also important given that our society is much more complex than in the past. In that context, this amendment is appropriate.
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