Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Select Committee on Disability Matters
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 40 - Disability (Supplementary)
2:00 am
Peter Cleere (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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While I acknowledge the significant increase in funding, the most topical conversations I have with people in the disability sector and their families relate to respite. They are at their wits' end in a lot of cases. Some of them are going above and beyond what any normal human being would be able to do. I have seen it at first-hand and it is absolutely amazing. Will the Minister talk about the increase to the respite budget for 2026. What will that achieve? What will be the benefits in terms of respite for families who are struggling?