Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I believe a respite house has already come on stream in CHO 7. It is a children's respite house. I do not know the exact location but will revert to the Deputy on that. Regarding Stewarts, I met a representative of the organisation yesterday, Ms Deborah Jacob, to discuss CHO 7 and we had a good conversation about our children's disability network teams. I am hoping to have further discussions with CoAction on 9 December to understand how many children are on their teams, the staffing capacity, the staffing shortfalls and the sick leave and annual leave situation. I want to find out who is in the red box category, whose files have been opened, who has received a phone call and who has received nothing at all. I plan to get into that level of detail because when we have the information, we can inform parents. There must be a collaborative approach between the lead agencies, the HSE, public representatives, parents and the Department, and I will do my duty in terms of threading it all together. Yesterday was my first experience with CHO 7 when I met Ms Jacob and Stewarts Care and I thank them for their support.

To answer the Deputy, there is a respite house in CHO 7.