Michael Cahill (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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There is a fabulous facility in the heart of mid-Kerry in Whitefield, Beaufort, in St. Mary of the Angels where you also have St. Francis Special School. There are a lot of facilities there. It was donated by the Doyle family many years ago for children with profound disabilities. They are all adults now. As they pass, they are not being replaced. There is a very good school there and there are existing services there. Will the witnesses' organisations make every effort? It is the obvious and ideal location for respite in the heart of the county. Many of the services are already there. There is plenty of development land there. Our goal should be to promote, develop, enhance and provide respite for the families of these children and adults. That is urgently required and it is obvious as night follows day. I am pleading here today at this meeting.