Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Committee on Disability Matters
Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)
We must also get to the point whereby we are freeing up hours and recruiting more staff. I want to talk more about recruitment and so on. I know the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Lawless, has put in place a number of posts, which is welcome. The Minister of State with responsibility for disabilities is a Deputy in my consistency. Mr. Gloster might be aware of An Saol, which is a neurological treatment service. It was the subject of a "Prime Time" programme last night and I raised the issue with the Minister of State at the same time. As part of its master plan, it has identified a site in Ballymun with Dublin City Council. There is money in the capital plan for the site and a feasibility study. The gentleman who runs the organisation, Mr. Reinhard Schäler, is a fantastic guy. He is from Germany and cannot understand the cultural addiction we have to bureaucracy. He just wants it to happen for our patients. Is there a commitment that the project will be in the capital plan?
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