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

It is best if I start with the good news. On respite, we have found a solution for Longford. It was one of the counties where we had no children's respite whatever. It was a county with no respite house because that facility had closed some years ago. Since my meeting in Longford, I can say that we will deliver a respite house in Longford before the end of the year. It will be open 48 weeks of the year. That will support the 250 families the Deputy would talk about. That is coming.