DISABILITY HOUSING

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (15:24): I appreciate that the minister has already talked about not being able to give figures and so on about the sale of the Strathmont land, but in his answer to the question he talked about closing the Strathmont Centre as a residential site. Do the words 'as a residential site' mean that there is some specific other purpose in mind?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers) (15:24): No: what that is about is that there are other functions that are performed on site. There is domiciliary care, I think, and other HACC providers. So we do not plan to be closing down those service provisions that are housed on the site. What we will be closing down is the residential facility.